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Webster 1913 Edition

Fill

Fill

,
Noun.
[See
Thill
.]
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Mortimer.
Fill horse
,
a thill horse.
Shak.

Fill

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Filled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Filling
.]
[OE.
fillen
,
fullen
, AS.
fyllan
, fr.
full
full; akin to D.
vullen
, G.
füllen
, Icel.
fylla
, Sw.
fylla
, Dan.
fylde
, Goth.
fulljan
. See
Full
,
Adj.
]
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.
Jesus saith unto them,
Fill
the waterpots with water. Anf they
filled
them up to the brim.
John ii. 7.
2.
To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and
fill
the waters in the seas.
Gen. i. 22.
The Syrians
filled
the country.
1 Kings xx. 27.
3.
To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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.
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.
5.
To supply with an incumbent;
as, to
fill
an office or a vacancy
.
A. Hamilton.
6.
(Naut.)
(a)
To press and dilate, as a sail;
as, the wind
filled
the sails
.
(b)
To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.
7.
(Civil Engineering)
To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
To fill in
,
to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
–
To fill out
,
to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
–
To fill up
,
to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete.
“The bliss that fills up all the mind.”
Pope.
“And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.”
Col. i. 24.

Fill

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated;
as, corn
fills
well in a warm season; the sail
fills
with the wind.
2.
To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
Give me some wine;
fill
full.
Shakespeare
To back and fill
. See under
Back
,
Verb.
I.
–
To fill up
,
to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.

Fill

,
Noun.
[AS.
fyllo
. See
Fill
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.
“Ye shall eat your fill.”
Lev. xxv. 19.
I’ll bear thee hence, where I may weep my
fill
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Fill

FILL

,
Verb.
T.
[Gr. allied perhaps to fold and felt; to stuff; L. pilus, pileus. We are told that the Gr. to approach, signified originally to thrust or drive, L. pello, and contracted, it is rendered to fill, and is full.]
1.
Properly, to press; to crowd; to stuff. Hence, to put or pour in, till the thing will hold no more; as, to fill a basket, a bottle, a vessel.
Fill the water pots with water: and they filled them to the brim. John 2.
2.
To store; to supply with abundance.
Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. 1.
3.
To cause to abound; to make universally prevalent.
The earth was filled with violence. Gen. 6.
4.
To satisfy; to content.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? Matt. 15.
5.
To glut; to surfeit.
Things that are sweet and fat are more filing.
6.
To make plump; as, in a good season the grain is well filled. In the summer of 1816, the driest and coldest which the oldest man remembered, the rye was so well filled, that the grain protruded beyond the husk, and a shock yielded a peck more than in common years.
7.
To press and dilate on all sides or to the extremities; as, the sails were filled.
8.
To supply with liquor; to pour into; as, to fill a glass for a guest.
9.
To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or vacancy.
10.
To hold; to possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the house fills the chair.
11.
In seamanship, to brace the sails so that the wind will bear upon them and dilate them.
To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit.
1.
To fill up, to make full.
It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind.
But in this and many other cases, the use of up weakens the force of the phrase.
2.
To occupy; to fill. Seek to fill up life with useful employments.
3.
To fill; to occupy the whole extent; as, to fill up a given space.
4.
To engage or employ; as, to fill up time.
5.
To complete; as, to fill up the measure of sin. Matt. 23.
6.
To complete; to accomplish.
And fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ.
Col. 1.

FILL

, v.i.
1.
To fill a cup or glass for drinking; to give to drink.
In the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.
Rev. 18.
2.
To grow or become full. corn fills well in a warm season. A mill pond fills during the night.
3.
To glut; to satiate.
To fill up, to grow or become full. The channel of the river fills up with sand, every spring.

FILL

,
Noun.
Fullness; as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. Eat and drink to the fill. take your fill of joy.
The land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. Lev. 25.

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