fill

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noun

Fill is used before these nouns: ↑dirt

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verb

ADVERB

▪ fast, quickly, rapidly

▪

At the moment, most reservoirs are filling fast.

▪ suddenly

▪ gradually, slowly

▪ partially

▪ immediately, instantly

▪ completely, entirely

▪ up

VERB + FILL

▪ begin to

▪

The sails began to fill.

▪ seem to

▪

He seemed to fill the room with his presence.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

Fill the bucket with water.

PHRASES

▪ be filled to capacity

▪

The school is filled to capacity—we simply can't take any more students.

▪ be filled to the brim (with sth)

▪

The drawers were all filled to the brim.

Fill is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aroma, ↑boat, ↑disappointment, ↑dust, ↑excitement, ↑fragrance, ↑light, ↑lung, ↑mist, ↑music, ↑panic, ↑perfume, ↑rage, ↑roar, ↑sadness, ↑sail, ↑scent, ↑sensation, ↑silence, ↑smell, ↑smoke, ↑sound, ↑sunlight

Fill is used with these nouns as the object: ↑air, ↑auditorium, ↑bag, ↑barrel, ↑basket, ↑bath, ↑beaker, ↑belly, ↑bottle, ↑bowl, ↑box, ↑bucket, ↑can, ↑closet, ↑container, ↑crack, ↑cup, ↑ear, ↑flask, ↑freezer, ↑fridge, ↑gap, ↑glass, ↑hall, ↑hallway, ↑heart, ↑hole, ↑jar, ↑jug, ↑kettle, ↑larder, ↑lung, ↑meter, ↑mind, ↑mould, ↑mouth, ↑mug, ↑need, ↑niche, ↑nostril, ↑notebook, ↑opening, ↑order, ↑page, ↑pail, ↑pipe, ↑pitcher, ↑pocket, ↑pond, ↑pool, ↑position, ↑post, ↑pot, ↑prescription, ↑quota, ↑radiator, ↑rank, ↑refrigerator, ↑role, ↑room, ↑roster, ↑sack, ↑sail, ↑screen, ↑seat, ↑shelf, ↑shortage, ↑silence, ↑sink, ↑sky, ↑skyline, ↑space, ↑square, ↑stadium, ↑stench, ↑stocking, ↑street, ↑syringe, ↑tank, ↑tooth, ↑tub, ↑vacancy, ↑vacuum, ↑valley, ↑vessel, ↑vision, ↑void, ↑whole