fill

Noun

• any material that fills a space or container
  • there was not enough fill for the trench
    

• a quantity sufficient to satisfy
  • he ate his fill of potatoes
    
  • she had heard her fill of gossip
    

Verb

• plug with a substance
  • fill a cavity
    

• fill to satisfaction
  • I am sated
    

• eat until one is sated
  • He filled up on turkey
    

• appoint someone to (a position or a job)

• fill or meet a want or need

• assume, as of positions or roles
  • She took the job as director of development
    
  • he occupies the position of manager
    
  • the young prince will soon occupy the throne
    

• occupy the whole of
  • The liquid fills the container
    

• become full
  • The pool slowly filled with water
    
  • The theater filled up slowly
    

• make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  • fill a container
    
  • fill the child with pride
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  filling , satiate , sate , replete , fill up , meet , satisfy , fulfill , fulfil , take , occupy , make full
• Antonyms: 
  empty , discharge