fill

/ˈfil/

Middle English fillen, fullen, fellen, going back to Old English fyllan, going back to Germanic *fulljan- (whence also Old Frisian fella "to fill," Old Saxon fullian, Old High German fullen, Old Icelandic fylla, Gothic fulljan), weak verb derivative from the stem of *fulla-

verb

  1. to put into as much as can be held or conveniently contained

  2. to supply with a full complement

  3. to cause to swell or billow

fill a cup with water

the class is filled

noun

  1. a full supply; especially : a quantity that satisfies or satiates

  2. something that fills: such as

  3. material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place

verb

  1. to trim a sail to catch the wind

  2. to proceed on the course especially after being brought up in the wind