fill

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. complete, load, pervade, permeate; plug, cork; occupy, serve well, satisfy; carry out. See layer, sufficiency, presence, closure, business.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. enough, capacity, satiety; see plenty .

v.

1. [To put as much as possible into]

Syn. pack, stuff, load, lade, replenish, furnish, supply, satisfy, fulfill, sate, satiate, gorge, blow up, fill up, pump up, puff up, inflate, fuel, fill to capacity, fill to overflowing, swell, charge, cram in, ram, crowd, jam, top off*.

Ant. empty, exhaust, drain*.

2. [To occupy available space]

Syn. take up, pervade, overflow, stretch, bulge out, curve out, distend, brim over, overspread, stretch, swell, blow up, belly, run over at the top, permeate, saturate, congest, take over; see also sense 1.

3. [To supply with an occupant]

Syn. elect, name, appoint; see choose 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

load, pack, cram, crowd, *top off, stuff, stock, replenish, squeeze in, glut, pad, heap, inflate, feed, gorge, saturate, pervade, suffuse.

ANT.: empty, drain, deplete

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held: charge, freight, heap, load, pack, pile. See FULL. 2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, plug, stop. See FULL. 3. To supply fully or completely: answer, fulfill, meet1, satisfy. See DO. II noun Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: choke, cork, plug, stop, stopper. See FULL.