1.  fill(n = noun.quantity) - a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
is a kind of enough, sufficiency
Derived forms verb fill₅, verb fill₈

2.  fill(n = noun.substance) filling - any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
is a kind of material, stuff
has particulars: cement
Derived forms verb fill₉, verb fill₂, verb fill₁

1.  fill(v = verb.change) fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Antonym: empty
Derived forms noun fill₂, noun filler₅, noun filler₄, noun filler₃, noun filling₆
Sample sentences: They fill the cart with boxes

2.  fill(v = verb.change) fill up - become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
is one way to change state, turn
Antonym: empty
Derived forms noun fill₂, noun filling₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  fill(v = verb.stative) occupy - occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
is one way to be
Sample sentences: The books fill the box

4.  fill(v = verb.social) occupy, take - assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
is one way to do work, work
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  fill(v = verb.consumption) fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy - fill or meet a want or need;
is one way to cater, ply, provide, supply
Derived form noun fill₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

6.  fill(v = verb.social) - appoint someone to (a position or a job);
is one way to employ, engage, hire
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

7.  fill(v = verb.consumption) fill up - eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
is one way to eat
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

8.  fill(v = verb.consumption) replete, sate, satiate - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
is one way to consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Derived form noun fill₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

9.  fill(v = verb.change) - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
is one way to bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
Derived forms noun fill₂, noun filler₁, noun filling₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"The rain also filleth the pools." [1913 Webster]
"Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim." [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas." [1913 Webster]
"The Syrians filled the country." [1913 Webster]

3.  To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. [1913 Webster]
"Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?" [1913 Webster]
"Things that are sweet and fat are more filling." [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.  To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

6.  To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. [1913 Webster]

7.  To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.  To fill a cup or glass for drinking. [1913 Webster]
"Give me some wine; fill full." [1913 Webster]

1.  A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. Lev. xxv. 19. [1913 Webster]
"I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill." [1913 Webster]

2.  That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

fill, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) make or become full.
2 tr. occupy completely; spread over or through; pervade.
3 tr. block up (a cavity or hole in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, gold, etc.; drill and put a filling into (a decayed tooth).
4 tr. appoint a person to hold (a vacant post).
5 tr. hold (a position); discharge the duties of (an office).
6 tr. carry out or supply (an order, commission, etc.).
7 tr. occupy (vacant time).
8 intr. (of a sail) be distended by wind.
9 tr. (usu. as filling adj.) (esp. of food) satisfy, satiate.
10 tr. Poker etc. complete (a holding) by drawing the necessary cards.
11 tr. stock abundantly.
--n.
1 (prec. by possessive) as much as one wants or can bear (eat your fill).
2 enough to fill something (a fill of tobacco).
3 earth etc. used to fill a cavity.

Idiom:
fill the bill be suitable or adequate. fill in
1 add information to complete (a form, document, blank cheque, etc.).
2 a complete (a drawing etc.) within an outline. b fill (an outline) in this way.
3 fill (a hole etc.) completely.
4 (often foll. by for) act as a substitute.
5 occupy oneself during (time between other activities).
6 colloq. inform (a person) more fully.
7 sl. thrash, beat.
fill out
1 enlarge to the required size.
2 become enlarged or plump.
3 US fill in (a document etc.).
fill up
1 make or become completely full.
2 fill in (a document etc.).
3 fill the petrol tank of (a car etc.).
4 provide what is needed to occupy vacant parts or places or deal with deficiencies in.
5 do away with (a pond etc.) by filling. fill-up n. a thing that fills something up.

Etymology:
OE fyllan f. Gmc, rel. to FULL(1)

VB  provide, make provision, make due provision for, lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store, supply, suppeditate, furnish, find, find one in, arm, cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage, beat up for, stock, stock with, make good, replenish, fill, fill up, recruit, feed, have in store, have in reserve, keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand, have to fall back upon, store, provide against a rainy day.

N  sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence, no less, quantum sufficit, Q, S, mediocrity, fill, fullness, plenitude, plenty, abundance, copiousness, amplitude, galore, lots, profusion, full measure, good measure pressed down and running, over, luxuriance, affluence, fat of the land, a land flowing with milk and honey, cornucopia, horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea, mine, outpouring, flood, tide, repletion, satiety, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, sufficiently, amply Adj, full, in abundance, with no sparing hand, to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint, cut and come again, das Beste ist gut genug.

N  completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.

VB  be complete, come to a head, render complete, complete, fill, charge, load, replenish, make up, make good, piece out, eke out, supply deficiencies, fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of, saturate, go the whole hog, go the whole length, go all lengths.

VB  exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent, haunt, revisit, fill, pervade, permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn.

VB  line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.

back and fill, fill again, fill in, fill out, fill the bill, fill up