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verb
- To put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained
"fill a cup with water"
- To supply with a full complement
"the class is filled"
- To raise the level of with fill
"filled land"
- To repair the cavities of (teeth)
- To stop up obstruct
"wreckage filled the channel"
- To stop up the interstices, crevices, or pores of (a material, such as cloth, wood, or leather) with a foreign substance
- Feed, satiate
"fill livestock"
- Satisfy, fulfill
"fills all requirements"
- Make out, complete
- To draw the playing cards necessary to complete
"fill a straight or flush in poker"
- To occupy the whole of
"smoke filled the room"
- To spread through
"music filled the air"
- To make full
"a mind filled with fantasies"
- To possess and perform the duties of hold
"fill an office"
- To place a person in
"fill a vacancy"
- To supply as directed
"fill a prescription"
- To cover the surface of with a layer of precious metal
"a gold-filled bracelet"
- To become full
"the rivers filled"
noun
- A full supply
- Material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place
- A bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist)
- Artificial light used in photography to reduce or eliminate shadows
verb
- To trim a sail to catch the wind
- To proceed on the course especially after being brought up in the wind
noun
- Someone or something that fills in
verb
- To enrich (something, such as a design) with detail
- To give necessary or recently acquired information to
"I'll fill you in"
- To fill a vacancy usually temporarily
"interns filled in for regular staffers"
verb
- To put on flesh
noun
- An action or instance of filling up something (such as a gas tank)
idiom
- To provide something that certain kinds of people want to buy
"This product fills a niche in the market."
idiom
- To put information into blank spaces to provide missing information
"Please fill in the blanks on the questionnaire."
- To provide one's own conclusion
"He would not tell me the whole story of the argument, and I was left to fill in the blanks for myself."
idiom
- To take someone's place or position
"No one will be able to fill her shoes after she retires."
This clue was used on March 18, 2025.