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# fill

«fill» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put in as much as something can hold** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (fill, fills, filled, filling); noun (your fill)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To fill is to put in as much as something can hold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#m1)

2) To fill is to become full: «The room filled with people». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#m2)

3) To fill in a form or a gap is to write what is missing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#m3)

4) To fill up means to make completely full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

to make boxes or bags full: number of full boxes is N ÷ K; «fills N jars with K each» is N × K; «fill in the blanks» means write the missing words or numbers; phrases: «fill up», «fill in», «filled with», «fill a gap»

### examples

- How many boxes can Ben fill? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x1)
- Anna fills 3 jars with 8 sweets each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x2)
- 20 pencils fill 4 boxes equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x3)
- Fill the bucket with sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x4)
- Fill in the missing numbers: 2, 4, _, 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x5)
- The stadium filled with fans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x6)
- Fill in your name and age on the form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x7)
- The bath takes 10 minutes to fill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x8)
- Then he filled the cup again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/#x9)

### note

Number of full boxes is N ÷ K, without the remainder. «fills N jars with K each» is N × K. Trap: «how many more to fill it» is the size of the jar minus what is already in it.

### In the corpora

- [Stories grow because people fill gaps with guesses, round numbers up, and add a twist that makes the tale better to tell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/2/)
- [A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/22/)
- [Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/6/)
- [The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/18/)
- [Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.