Fill1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. FILLED; p. pr. & vb. n. FILLING.] [A-S. fyllan, from full, full, q. v.; Goth. fulljan, O. H. Ger. fullan, M. H. Ger. vullen, N. H. Ger. fullen, D. vullen, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde.]
Sense 1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
The rain also filleth the pools. Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
Fill the water-pots with water; and they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.
Gentle breath of yours my sails must fill. Shak.
Sense 2. To supply abundantly; to cause to abound; to furnish with as much as is desired or desirable.
Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. i. 22.
The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.
Sense 3. To satisfy; to content; to glut.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude? Matt. xv. 33.
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. Bacon.
Sense 4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
Sense 5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. Hamilton.
To fill in, to insert so as to fill.—To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit.—To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. “It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind.” Pope. “And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.” Col. i. 24.