1. Any material that fills a space or container
   "there was not enough filling for the trench";
   - fill
    
2. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
   "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"
    
3. A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
   "The pie had a delicious apple filling"
    
4. The act of filling something
   "The filling of the swimming pool took several hours"
    
5. Flow into something (as a container)
   "The filling of the pool took several hours due to its large size"
    
6. The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
   "The colourful filling threads created a beautiful pattern in the fabric";
   - woof, weft, pick

1. (of food) easily satisfying the appetite and making one feel full
   "A filling meal"

1. Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
   "fill the child with pride"; "fill a container";
   - fill up
    
2. Become full
   "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theatre filled up slowly";
   - fill up
    
3. Take up all the available space
   "The liquid fills the container";
   - occupy
    
4. Obtain something that is wanted, needed or required
   "She filled the prescription at the pharmacy";
   - fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. Fill to satisfaction
   "I am filled";
   - satiate, sate, replete
    
6. Eat until one is sated
   "He filled up on turkey";
   - fill up
    
7. Plug with a substance
   "fill a cavity"
    
8. Assume, as of positions or roles
   "She filled the job as director of development";
   - take, occupy
    
9. Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
   "They filled the vacant manager position with an internal candidate"

Derived forms: fillings

See also: plump, shade

Type of: alter, be, bushel [US], cater, change, change of integrity, change state, concoction, consume, dental appliance, doctor [informal], eat, employ, engage, fix, flow, have, hire, ingest, intermixture, material, mend, mixture, modify, provide, put up, repair, stuff, supply, take, take in, take on, thread, turn, work, yarn

Antonym: discharge, empty

Part of: cloth, fabric, material, textile, weave

Encyclopedia: Filling