fill
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See also fíll
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /fɪl/
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- Rhymes: -ɪl
- Homophones: Phil
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to fill (third-person singular simple present fills, present participle filling, simple past and past participle filled)
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to make full
[edit] Etymology 2
Old English fyllu, from Proto-Germanic *fullīn-. Cognate with German Fülle.
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
fill (plural fills)
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- Don't feed him anymore, he's had his fill.
- An amount that fills a container.
- The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
- The filling of a container.
- That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
something used to occupy empty spaces
archeology: fill soil — see fill soil
[edit] Albanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /fiɫ/
[edit] Noun
fill m (pl., fije)
[edit] Adverb
fill
- at once, immediately.
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology
From Latin filius. Cognate to French fils.
[edit] Noun
fill m. (plural fills)
[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
- (Munster) IPA: [fʲiːlʲ]
- (Connacht) IPA: [fʲiːl̠ʲ] (Galway); IPA: [fʲɪl̠ʲ] (Mayo)
- (Ulster) IPA: [fʲɪl̠ʲ]
[edit] Verb
fill
[edit] Inflection
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | autonomous | |||||||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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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