Fulfill vs. Fill
Fulfillverb
To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
‘You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfill it.’;
Fillverb
(transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
Fulfillverb
To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
‘This is the most fulfilling work I've ever done.’;
Fillverb
(transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
Fulfillverb
To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
‘Unfortunately, you don't fulfill the criteria for extra grants at the present time.’;
Fillverb
To enter (something), making it full.
Fulfillverb
(archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
‘My lady is positively fulfilled of grace.’;
Fillverb
(intransitive) To become full.
‘the bucket filled with rain;’; ‘the sails fill with wind’;
Fulfillverb
To fill up; to make full or complete.
‘Suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds.’;
Fillverb
(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
‘My heart filled with joy.’;
Fulfillverb
To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate.
‘He will, fulfill the desire of them fear him.’; ‘Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends.’; ‘Servants must their masters' minds fulfill.’;
Fillverb
(transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
‘The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.’; ‘We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.’;
Fulfillverb
put in effect;
‘carry out a task’; ‘execute the decision of the people’; ‘He actioned the operation’;
Fillverb
(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
‘Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.’;
Fulfillverb
fulfil the requirements or expectations of
Fillverb
(transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
Fulfillverb
fill or meet a want or need
Fillverb
(transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Fillverb
To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
Fillverb
To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
‘Did you fill that girl last night?’;
Fillnoun
(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
‘Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.’;
Fillnoun
An amount that fills a container.
‘The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.’;
Fillnoun
The filling of a container or area.
‘That machine can do 20 fills a minute.’; ‘This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.’;
Fillnoun
Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
‘The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.’;
Fillnoun
(archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
Fillnoun
An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
Fillnoun
(music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
‘bass fill’;
Fillnoun
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Fillnoun
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Fillnoun
A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.
‘I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill.’;
Fillnoun
That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
Fillverb
To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
‘The rain also filleth the pools.’; ‘Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim.’;
Fillverb
To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
‘And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas.’; ‘The Syrians filled the country.’;
Fillverb
To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
‘Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?’; ‘Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.’;
Fillverb
To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
Fillverb
To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.
Fillverb
To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails.
Fillverb
To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
Fillverb
To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.
Fillverb
To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
‘Give me some wine; fill full.’;
Fillnoun
a quantity sufficient to satisfy;
‘he ate his fill of potatoes’; ‘she had heard her fill of gossip’;
Fillnoun
any material that fills a space or container;
‘there was not enough fill for the trench’;
Fillverb
make full, also in a metaphorical sense;
‘fill a container’; ‘fill the child with pride’;
Fillverb
become full;
‘The pool slowly filled with water’; ‘The theater filled up slowly’;
Fillverb
occupy the whole of;
‘The liquid fills the container’;
Fillverb
assume, as of positions or roles;
‘She took the job as director of development’;
Fillverb
fill or meet a want or need
Fillverb
appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Fillverb
eat until one is sated;
‘He filled up on turkey’;
Fillverb
fill to satisfaction;
‘I am sated’;
Fillverb
plug with a substance;
‘fill a cavity’;
