filling

Meanings

• any material that fills a space or container
• 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
• (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
• make full, also in a metaphorical sense
• become full
• occupy the whole of
• assume, as of positions or roles
• fill or meet a want or need
• appoint someone to (a position or a job)
• eat until one is sated
• fill to satisfaction
• plug with a substance

Synonyms

fill, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, make full, meet, occupy, pick, replete, sate, satiate, satisfy, take, weft, woof