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filling

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[ˈfɪɫlɪŋ] English

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verb

  1. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  3. To enter (something), making it full.
  4. To become full.“the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind”

noun

  1. Anything that is used to fill something.
  2. The contents of a pie, etc.
  3. Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.“I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.”
  4. The woof in woven fabrics.

adjective

  1. Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.“a filling meal”

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