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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English fyllan.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to fill

Third person singular
fills

Simple past
filled

Past participle
filled

Present participle
filling

to fill (third-person singular simple present fills, present participle filling, simple past and past participle filled)

  1. (transitive, ergative) to make full.
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from fill (verb)
[edit] Translations
to make full

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English fyllu, from Proto-Germanic *fullīn-. Cognate with German Fülle.

[edit] Noun

Singular
fill

Plural
fills

fill (plural fills)

  1. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
    Don't feed him anymore, he's had his fill.
  2. An amount that fills a container.
    The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
  3. The filling of a container.
    That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
  4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
    The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
  5. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from fill (noun)
[edit] Translations
sufficient or more than sufficient amount
amount that fills a container
filling of a container
something used to occupy empty spaces
archeology: fill soil — see fill soil

[edit] Albanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

fill m (pl., fije)

  1. thread, yarn.

[edit] Adverb

fill

  1. at once, immediately.

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin filius. Cognate to French fils.

[edit] Noun

fill m. (plural fills)

  1. son


[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish fillid (“‘turns back’”) < Proto-Celtic *wel-n- < Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“‘turn’”); cf. German walzen (“‘roll’”), Latin volvō (“‘turn’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

fill

  1. to turn back
  2. to fold
  3. to return

[edit] Inflection

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present fillim filleann tú;
fillir†		 filleann sé, sí fillimid filleann sibh filleann siad;
fillid†		 filltear
past d'fhill mé;
d'fhilleas†		 d'fhill tú;
d'fhillis†		 d'fhill sé, sí d'fhilleamar d'fhill sibh;
d'fhilleabhair†		 d'fhill siad;
d'fhilleadar†		 filleadh
future fillfidh mé;
fillfead†		 fillfidh tú;
fillfir†		 fillfidh sé, sí fillfimid;
fillfeam†		 fillfidh sibh fillfidh siad;
fillfid†		 fillfear
past habitual d'fhillinn d'fhillteá d'fhilleadh sé, sí d'fhillimis d'fhilleadh sibh d'fhillidís d'fhilltí
imperative fillim fill filleadh sé, sí fillimis filligí fillidís filltear
conditional d'fhillfinn d'fhillfeá d'fhillfeadh sé, sí d'fhillfimis d'fhillfeadh sibh d'fhillfidís d'fhillfí
subjunctive present fille mé;
fillead†		 fille tú;
fillir†		 fille sé, sí fillimid fille sibh fille siad;
fillid†		 filltear
past fillinn fillteá filleadh sé, sí fillimis filleadh sibh fillidís filltí
verbal noun filleadh
past participle fillte

† Dialect form

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fill fhill bhfill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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