OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12856

fill

/fɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
implar • llenar
To make full
She filled a glass with milk.
dreams filled with surreal imagery
llenar
To make full
The smell of spring filled the air.
[…]the drums began to thunder, the sound of trumpets filled the air, the earth trembled beneath their feet, and the hearts of the gazing multitude throbbed with suspense and expect…
cubrir • cumplimentar • ocupar
To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
The board of supervisors called a specal election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
empastar
To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as eve…
Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.