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# refill

«refill» in Mova's school dictionary: **to fill it again after it has become empty** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (refill, refills, refilled, refilling); noun (a refill, refills)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To refill something is to fill it again after it has become empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#m1)

2) A refill is a second filling, like another cup of a drink, or a new supply that goes into something, like ink for a pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life we refill water bottles, which saves plastic, and cafés may offer free refills. In maths problems about capacity, refilling means adding the same amount again. Phrases: «refill your bottle», «free refills», «refill the tank», «ink refill».

### examples

- Refill your water bottle before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x1)
- Can I have a refill of juice, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x2)
- Dad refilled the car with petrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x3)
- This pen takes ink refills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x4)
- Refilling a bottle is better than buying a new plastic one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x5)
- The bird feeder needs refilling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x6)
- The Peddler retraced his steps and refilled his panniers with a larger quantity of salt than before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x7)

### note

Stress: verb re-FILL, noun RE-fill. Past: «refilled» (double l). The prefix «re-» means «again» (redo, rewrite, refill). In maths: a 2-litre jug refilled 3 times pours 6 litres in all.

### In the corpora

- [Liquid nicotine in e-cigarette refills is poisonous even in small amounts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/16/)
- [A good tea and a good night's sleep after sport let muscles repair and refill energy for the next day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/53-breakfast-before-a-match-and-food-after/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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