fill
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a quantity sufficient to satisfy
he ate his fill of potatoes
Types & categories
- enough hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
fill a container
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- clutter hyponym
- overload hyponym
- brim hyponym
- farce hyponym
- stuff hyponym
- bolster hyponym
- populate hyponym
- top off hyponym
- heap hyponym
- overfill hyponym
- ink hyponym
- refill hyponym
- prime hyponym
- line hyponym
- complete hyponym
- impregnate hyponym
- tincture hyponym
- electrify hyponym
- lube hyponym
- surcharge hyponym
- load hyponym
- load hyponym
- flood hyponym
- pack hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
any material that fills a space or container
there was not enough fill for the trench
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
become full
The pool slowly filled with water
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
- water hyponym
- flood hyponym
- rack up hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
occupy the whole of
The liquid fills the container
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
Sense 6 verb
assume, as of positions or roles
She took the job as director of development
Types & categories
- do work hypernym
Related & opposite
- assume verb group
Sense 7 verb
fill or meet a want or need
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- satisfaction derivation
- fulfillment derivation
- satisfier derivation
- fill derivation
- satisfactory derivation
- satisfactory derivation
Sense 8 verb
appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Types & categories
- hire hypernym
Sense 9 verb
eat until one is sated
He filled up on turkey
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Sense 10 verb
fill to satisfaction
I am sated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 11 verb
plug with a substance
fill a cavity
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fulfil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | satiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enough |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | fat |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | shade |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | empty |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | fill |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | makeweight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filling |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clutter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overload |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brim |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | farce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bolster |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | populate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | top off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overfill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | refill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prime |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | line |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | complete |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | impregnate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tincture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lube |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | surcharge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | load |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | load |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flood |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pack |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cement |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | empty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | filling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | filling |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | water |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flood |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rack up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crowd |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | take up |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | assume |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | do work |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | satisfaction |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fulfillment |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | satisfier |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | satisfactory |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | satisfactory |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | answer |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quell |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | feed on |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | slake |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | hire |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | repletion |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | satiation |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | fill |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | ingest |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloy |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | filling |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | filler |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | filling |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | fix |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | fill up |