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Definition of filled



Overview of verb fill

The verb fill has 9 senses? (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (61) fill, fill up, make full

(make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

2. (12) fill, fill up

(become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly")

3. (8) occupy, fill

(occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container")

4. (5) fill, take, 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")

5. (5) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil

(fill or meet a want or need)

6. (1) fill

(appoint someone to (a position or a job))

7. (1) fill up, fill

(eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey")

8. (1) satiate, sate, replete, fill

(fill to satisfaction; "I am sated")

9. (1) fill

(plug with a substance; "fill a cavity")


Overview of adj filled

The adj filled has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (26) filled

((usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air")

2. filled

(of purchase orders that have been filled)

3. filled

((of time) taken up; "well-filled hours")