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fill [fil] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
fill [fil]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: capacity
Synonyms: all one wants, ample, enough, filler, padding, plenty, satiety, stuffing, sufficiency, sufficient
Antonyms: emptiness
Main Entry: fill
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: execute, fulfill
Synonyms: answer, assign, carry out, discharge, dispatch, distribute, elect, engage, fix, hold, meet, name, occupy, officiate, perform, satisfy, take up
Main Entry: absorb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: occupy complete attention
Synonyms: captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet
Antonyms: distract
Example Sentences
  • Fill in the blanks in this article about a dinner featuring edible insects.
  • During the next few weeks, hundreds of thousands of college students will fill out course-evaluation forms.
  • But there are too few people to fill the existing jobs.
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Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: solve; fulfill
Synonyms: clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through
Notes: an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question
Main Entry: assuage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: soothe, relieve
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize
Antonyms: exacerbate, upset
Main Entry: avail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be of use; use
Synonyms: account, advantage, answer, be adequate, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work
Main Entry: block
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obstruct
Synonyms: arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart
Antonyms: let go, let up, open, unblock
Main Entry: blow up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: inflate
Synonyms: billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, fill, inflate, puff up, pump up, swell
Antonyms: deflate, let out, shrink, shrivel
Main Entry: brim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flow over the top
Synonyms: fill, fill up, hold no more, overflow, run over, spill, swell, teem, well over
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