fill

fill
fill [fɪl]
1. transitive verb
   a. [+ bucket, hole] remplir (with de)
• smoke filled the room la pièce s'est remplie de fumée
• the thought fills me with horror cette pensée m'horrifie
• filled with admiration plein d'admiration
• filled with anger en proie à la colère
   b. [+ post, job] [employer] pourvoir
• the position is already filled le poste est déjà pourvu
• to fill a need répondre à un besoin
• to fill a gap combler un vide
2. intransitive verb
( = fill up) [bath, bus, hall] se remplir
• her eyes filled with tears ses yeux se sont remplis de larmes
3. noun
• to eat one's fill manger à sa faim
• she's had her fill of married life elle en a assez de la vie conjugale
► fill in
1. intransitive verb
• to fill in for sb remplacer qn (temporairement)
2. separable transitive verb
   a. [+ form] remplir ; [+ report] compléter
• to fill sb in on sth (inf) mettre qn au courant de qch
   b. [+ hole] boucher
► fill out separable transitive verb
[+ form] remplir
► fill up
1. intransitive verb
   a. [bath, bus, hall] se remplir
   b. (with petrol) faire le plein (d'essence)
2. separable transitive verb
   a. [+ tank] remplir
• fill it up! (inf) (with petrol) (faites) le plein !
   b. [+ hole] boucher
* * *
[fɪl] 1.
noun

to eat/drink one's fill — manger/boire tout son content

to have had one's fill — en avoir assez

2.
transitive verb
1) (make full) remplir [container] (with de)

tears filled his eyes — ses yeux se sont remplis de larmes

2) (occupy) [crowd, sound] remplir [room, street, train]; [smoke, gas, light, protesters] envahir [building, room]; remplir [page, chapter, volumes, tape] (with de); occuper [time, day, hours]; [emotion, thought] remplir [heart, mind, person] (with de)
3) (plug) lit, fig boucher [crack, hole, void] (with avec)
4) (fulfil) répondre à [need]
5) (appoint for) [company, university] pourvoir [post, vacancy]
6) (perform duties of) [applicant] occuper [post, vacancy]
7) (put filling in) garnir [cushion, pie, sandwich] (with de)
8) [dentist] plomber [tooth, cavity]
9) Nautical [wind] gonfler [sail]
3.
intransitive verb
1) [bath, theatre, streets, eyes] se remplir (with de)
2) Nautical [sail] se gonfler
4.
-filled combining form rempli de

smoke-/book-filled room — pièce remplie de fumée/de livres

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