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put someone or something into (a space or container) so that it is completely or almost completely full:

〈人などが〉 【液体･物質などで】〈容器･場所など〉をいっぱいにする, 満たす(up) «with» (↔ empty)

e.g. I filled up the bottle with water

e.g. the office was filled with reporters.

no object (fill with) become full of:

〈容器･場所が〉 «…で» いっぱいになる «with»

e.g. Eleanor's eyes filled with tears.

become an overwhelming presence in:

〈物･人･事が〉〈容器･場所など〉を占める, 埋めつくす(up)

e.g. a pungent smell of garlic filled the air.

cause (someone) to have an intense experience of an emotion or feeling:

〈感情などが〉〈人･心など〉をいっぱいにする, …にこみ上げる

e.g. his presence filled us with foreboding.

appoint a person to hold (a vacant position):

〈空位･空席〉を埋める

e.g. the number of high-tech jobs and the people who can fill them.

hold and perform the expected duties of (a position or role):

〈役割･仕事など〉をうまく果たす

e.g. she fills the role of the “good” child.

occupy or take up (a period of time):

〈人が〉 «活動などで/…して» 〈時間〉を過ごす «with/doing» .

e.g. the next few days were filled with meetings.

chiefly North American be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order):

｟主に米｠ 〈注文･要求など〉を満たす; 〈処方薬〉を調剤する

e.g. she needed to fill a prescription.

block up (a cavity in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, or gold.

〈歯医者が〉〈虫歯〉を詰める

no object (of a sail) curve out tautly as the wind blows into it.

〘海〙 〈帆が〉(風で)ふくらんでいる

(of a weather system) increase in barometric pressure. Compare with deepen.

with object (of the wind) blow into (a sail), causing it to curve outward.

〘海〙 〈風が〉〈帆〉をふくらませる; (風を受けるように)〈帆桁〉を調節する.

(in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards.

〘トランプ〙 〈手･役〉を仕上げる

1. (one's fill) an amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear:

〖one's ～〗 十分な量

e.g. we have eaten our fill

e.g. I've had my fill of surprises for one day.

2. an amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container.

｟英｠ ; 〖a ～ of A〗 Aの1杯, 一服, 必要量

material, typically loose or compacted, which fills a space, especially in building or engineering work:

e.g. loose polystyrene fill.

the action of filling something, especially of shading in a region of a computer graphics display.

(in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument.

see bill1.

informal take over someone's function or duties and fulfill them satisfactorily.

act as a substitute for someone when they are unable to do their job: my producer will have to have someone standing by to fill in for me.

1. inform someone more fully of a matter, giving all the details: the cab driver filled me in on much important economic and sociological data.

2. British informal, dated hit or punch someone: I filled in a chap and took his money.

put material into a hole, trench, or space so that it is completely full: the canal is now disused and partly filled in.

complete a drawing by adding color or shade to the spaces within an outline: incised letters, filled in with gold.

chiefly British add information to complete something, typically a form or other official document: he filled in all the forms.

(of a person) put on weight to a noticeable extent.

fill something out chiefly North American

add information to complete an official form or document: he filled out the requisite forms.

give more details to add to someone's understanding of something: he filled out the background by going into historical questions.

become completely full: the dining car filled up.

fill the fuel tank of a car.

Old English fyllan (verb), fyllu (noun) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vullen and German füllen (verbs), Fülle (noun), also to full1.