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fill

/fɪl/ noun C2
  1. A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. (countable, uncountable) · Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
  2. An amount that fills a container. (countable, uncountable) · The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
  3. The filling of a container or area. (countable, uncountable) · That machine can do 20 fills per minute.· This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
  4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction. (countable, uncountable) · The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
  5. Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil. (countable, uncountable)
  6. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody. (countable, uncountable) · bass fill
  8. The weft yarn. (countable, uncountable)

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But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 38 · B2
“I guess you can fill in for yourselves what he did.
The Valley of Fear, p. 99 · C1
But in all this country there is no gas to fill the balloon with, to make it float.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 117 · B2
“But there is another way to make it float, which is to fill it with hot air.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 117 · B2

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