fill

[fɪl]

Definition:
1. Become full.
2. Occupy the whole of.
3. A quantity sufficient to satisfy.
4. Any material that fills a space or container.
5. Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.

Use 'fill' in a sentence:

1. She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.
2. Fill in the missing words in this text.
3. We fill up our lives with meaningless tasks.
4. A girl may fill out before she reaches her full height.
5. How do you fill your day now that you've retired?
6. The void left by his mother's death was never filled.
7. Warehouses at the frontier between the two countries fill up with sacks of rice and flour.
8. I fill up the tank with gasoline about once a week.
9. Your eye begins to fill with tears.
10. Please fill this glass for me.
11. Fill up on potatoes, bread and pasta, which are high in carbohydrate and low in fat.
12. Fill in your full name and address.
13. His presence should fill the power vacuum that has been developing over the past few days.
14. Actually we do have a position in mind. Why don't you fill out our application?
15. At every stage in the production there will be paperwork—forms to fill in, permissions to obtain, letters to write.
16. Four seasons to fill up a year's time,
17. "This is Malcolm," the girl said awkwardly, to fill the silence.
18. Do not fill the container more than two-thirds full.
19. Fill a pan half full of water.
20. Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property.
21. Vice-presidents' wives would fill in for first ladies.
22. A vacancy has arisen which I intend to fill.
23. He was a fill-in for Primeau, who was out with a concussion.
24. His resignation has created a vacuum which cannot easily be filled.
25. Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time ( such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting) ．
26. Kemp got out of his truck. "Just fill her up, thanks."
27. She was filled with longing to hear his voice again.
28. A dramatic full-sized lightning bolt will then fill your screen's desktop.
29. He was filled with anger at the way he had been treated.
30. The channel's schedules are filled with old films and repeats.
31. Music filled the night air.
32. The smell of burning rubber filled the air.
33. No one has been able to fill his shoes.
34. The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.
35. The room was filling quickly.
36. He filled my glass to the top.
37. It is no accident that men fill most of the top jobs in nursing.
38. Dentists fill teeth and repair broken ones.
39. I heard his deep warm voice filling the room.
40. The manifesto calls for a greater effort to recruit young scientists to fill the gap left by a wave of retirements expected over the next decade.
41. The product has filled a gap in the market.
42. More nurseries will be built to fill the need for high-quality child care.
43. The company has been unable to fill the post.
44. I need to have two teeth filled.
45. Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories.
46. As the boat moved down the river the wind began to fill the sails.
47. Teachers will be asked to fill in a questionnaire.
48. I've had my fill of entertaining for one week.
49. Their divorce filled a lot of column inches in the national papers.
50. The thought of being left alone filled her with horror.
51. The team needs someone to fill the role of manager very soon.
52. You will be asked to fill in a form with details of your birth and occupation.
53. Please fill out the form in block capitals.
54. When she died I was filled with a sense of loss.