Unscramble filling

Definition of filling

noun:

• any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench". Synonyms: fill.
• flow into something (as a container).
• a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc..
• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. Synonyms: pick, weft, woof.
• (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth", "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'".
• the act of filling something.

verb:

• make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container", "fill the child with pride". Synonyms: fill, fill up, make full. Antonyms: empty.
• become full; "The pool slowly filled with water", "The theater filled up slowly". Synonyms: fill, fill up. Antonyms: empty.
• occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container". Synonyms: fill, occupy.
• assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development", "he occupies the position of manager", "the young prince will soon occupy the throne". Synonyms: fill, occupy, take.
• fill or meet a want or need. Synonyms: fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy.
• appoint someone to (a position or a job). Synonyms: fill.
• eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey". Synonyms: fill, fill up.
• fill to satisfaction; "I am sated". Synonyms: fill, replete, sate, satiate.
• plug with a substance; "fill a cavity". Synonyms: fill.

Related words

allay, answer, appease, assuage, bolster, brim, cement, charge, clog, close, cloy, clutter, complete, crowd, deluge, electrify, farce, flood, flowage, heap, impregnate, infuse, ink, inlay, instill, inundate, lade, laden, lekvar, line, load, lube, lubricate, overfill, overload, pack, pad, pall, populate, prime, quell, quench, refill, refilling, renewal, replacement, replenish, replenishment, saturate, saturation, slake, stay, stuff, surcharge, swamp, tincture, water.

Words nearby

billing, falling, filing, filming, killing, milling, tilling, willing.

Rhymes with

billing, chilling, drilling, grilling, instilling, killing, milling, schilling, shilling, swilling, thrilling, tilling, trilling, unwilling, willing, yearling.