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fill

n. a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"

filling

n. any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"

fill

v. plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"

fill

v. to change the color of a bordered area in a paint program

fill

v. to enter repetitive and common values into a group of cells

take

v. assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"

occupy

v. occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"

become full, fill up

v. become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

fill up, make full

v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

satiate, sate, replete

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

appoint someone to, hire someone for

v. appoint someone to (a position or a job)

meet, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil

v. fill or meet a want or need

padding, cushioning

n. artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

block

v. shape by using a block, as of a hat

foul, choke, clog, back up, choke off, congest, clog up

v. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

imbue, diffuse, permeate, pervade

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

expand, blow up, inflate, amplify

v. exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"

blow, shape by blowing

v. shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"

discharge, empty, become void, become empty

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

execute, put to death

v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"

do, execute, perform

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

fire, fuel

v. provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

perform, give a performance

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

pall, dull

v. become less interesting or attractive

surfeit, cloy

v. supply or feed to surfeit

assuage, slake, quench, allay

v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

meet, fill, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil

v. fill or meet a want or need

assuage, mollify, appease, gentle, pacify, lenify, placate, gruntle

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

stay, quell, appease

v. overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

impregnate, saturate

v. infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to

v. fulfil the requirements or expectations of

supply, render, provide, furnish

v. provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

assuage, mollify, appease, gentle, pacify, lenify, placate, gruntle

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

fill, satiate, sate, replete

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

culminate

v. bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"

finish, polish off, eat up

v. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"

realize

v. convert into cash; of goods and property

pay off, redeem

v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)

keep, look after, have charge of

v. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"

reclaim, repossess

v. claim back

recover, recoup, make good

v. regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

find, regain

v. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

take back, repossess

v. regain possession of something

mollify, make less rigid

v. make less rigid or softer

surfeit, cloy

v. supply or feed to surfeit

shade, fill in

v. represent the effect of shade or shadow on

fat, plump, fill out, flesh out, fatten, plump out, fatten up, fatten out

v. make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

discharge, empty, become void, become empty

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

drain, flow away, flow off

v. flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"

empty, make empty, make void

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

drain, empty of liquid, drain the liquid from

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

exhaust, evacuate, create a vacuum in

v. of gases

evacuate, empty completely

v. empty completely

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

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