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filling

/ˈfɪlɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach. · a filling meal
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But Monte Cristo looked at him with so melancholy and sweet a smile, that Maximilian felt the tears filling his eyes.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 942 · C1
For this purpose he called for a cup, and while filling it with water, pretended to mix poison with the Cobbler’s antidote, commanding him to drink it on the promise of a reward.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 81 · B2
“It’s just filling your heads up with nonsense and taking time that ought to be put on your lessons,” she grumbled.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 184 · C1
Matthew had sheepishly unfolded the dress from its paper swathings and held it out with a deprecatory glance at Marilla, who feigned to be contemptuously filling the teapot, but nevertheless watched the scene out of the corner of her eye with a rather interested air.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 195 · C1

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