Filling
The rain also filleth the pools. --Ps. lxxxiv.
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Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with
water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John
ii. 7.
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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.
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And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i.
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The Syrians filled the country. --1 Kings xx.
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3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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Whence should we have so much bread in the
wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt.
xv. 33.
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Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
--Bacon.
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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.
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5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a
vacancy. --A. Hamilton.
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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.
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7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the
level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
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{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. [1913 Webster]
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- filling — ˈfɪlɪŋ сущ. 1) наполнение 2) погрузка; насыпка 3) заливка, заправка горючим 4) пломба (в зубе) to put i a fillig ставить пломбу to cemet a fillig пломбировать/цементировать зуб a broke, cracked fillig сломанная пломба permaet fillig… (Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь)
- filling-station — ˈfɪlɪŋˈsteɪʃə сущ. бензозаправочная станция, автозаправочная станция, бензоколонка Sy : gas statio, gasolie statio, petrol statio автозаправочная станция; разг. бензоколонкаfillig-statio автозаправочная станция; разг.…
- mouth-filling — ˈmauθˌfɪlɪŋ прил. напыщенный, высокопарный Syn : pompous, bombasticнапыщенныйmouth-filling напыщенный…
- filling — noun 1) наполнение 2) погрузка; насыпка 3) заливка, заправка горю-чим 4) пломба (в зубе) 5) набивка; прокладка; шпатлевка 6) text. уток 7) фарш,начинка 8) заряд (снаряда) 9) constr. торкретирование… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
- filling-station — noun автозаправочная станция; coll. бензоколонка…
- mouth-filling — adj. напыщенный…
- eye-filling — {adj.}, {literary} Attractive to the eye; beautiful; especially grand; splendid; majestic. /The mountains in the distance were an eye-filling sight./… (Словарь американских идиом)
- eye-filling — {adj.}, {literary} Attractive to the eye; beautiful; especially grand; splendid; majestic. /The mountains in the distance were an eye-filling sight./…