fill up

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Definition

  1. Verb (Transitive):

    • To make something completely full. This involves adding enough of a substance (liquid, gas, solid) to occupy all or the intended available space within a container or area.
    • To occupy or block a space, gap, or hole completely, stopping it up.

  2. Verb (Intransitive):

    • To become completely full.
    • To eat food until one is no longer hungry; to satisfy one's appetite.
Examples of Usage

  • Verb (Transitive):

    • Please fill up the car's gas tank before our trip.
    • The volunteers helped fill up the sandbags.
    • We need to fill up this hole in the wall.

  • Verb (Intransitive):

    • The stadium began to fill up an hour before the game.
    • "Don't eat cake now, or you'll fill up before dinner," her mother said.
Advanced Usage
  • "to fill up on something": To eat a lot of a particular food, often to the point of being satisfied or too full.
    • He filled up on bread and had no room for the main course.
  • "to fill someone up" (metaphorical): To cause someone to feel a strong emotion, often pride, joy, or sadness.
    • Seeing her graduate filled me up with pride.
Variants and Related Words
  • Fill (verb): The base form, meaning to make or become full. "Fill up" often implies a more complete or final action.
  • Filler (noun): A substance used to fill a gap or cavity.
  • Filling (noun/adjective): 1. The substance inside something (e.g., pie filling). 2. Describing food that makes you feel full (e.g., a filling meal).
Synonyms
  • Pack: To fill a space tightly.
  • Load: To put a large quantity of something into/onto a vehicle or container.
  • Plug (verb): To stop up a hole.
  • Satiate: To satisfy fully (for hunger).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Fill in: 1. To add information to complete a form or blank space. 2. To substitute for someone temporarily.
    • Please fill in your name on the application.
    • Can you fill in for me at the meeting tomorrow?
  • Fill out: 1. To become larger or rounder. 2. To complete a form (similar to "fill in").
    • His face has filled out since he was a teenager.
    • You must fill out this paperwork.
Related Idioms
  • Fill the bill: To be exactly what is needed.
    • This new software fills the bill for our project requirements.
Verb
  1. eat until one is sated
    • He filled up on turkey
  2. fill or stop up
    • Can you close the cracks with caulking?
  3. become full
    • The pool slowly filled with water
    • The theater filled up slowly
  4. make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    • fill a container
    • fill the child with pride

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