Filled
[fɪl]
Definition
(adj.) (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; 'theirs was a house filled with laughter'; 'a large hall filled with rows of desks'; 'fog-filled air' .
(adj.) (of time) taken up; 'well-filled hours' .
(adj.) of purchase orders that have been filled .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Fill
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Examples
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were merry and social, but they each knew that a gap, never to be filled, had been made in their circle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To this plunger is attached a weighted case filled with one or many tons of metal or other coarse material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The news that Dejah Thoris had promised her hand to Sab Than filled him with dismay. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And as for the rest, they may be filled up by anybody. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Who knows but I may have filled all these weary long pages of paper for nothing? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His soul was filled with her burning recognition, he seemed to grow more uppish and lordly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Water is poured into that external case until the gas-meter is rather more than half filled, the level of the water being shown at _i_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The poles of the electromagnet in the local circuit are hollowed out and filled up with carbon disks or powdered plumbago. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Every housewife knows that if a kettle is filled with cold water to begin with, there will be an overflow as soon as the water becomes heated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- My mind filled with admiration for this extraordinary man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He left the smoky, gossip-filled room and went into the back bedroom and sat down on the bed and pulled his boots off. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The road was filled with mule trains and long processions of camels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The oven filled with calcium carbide is then electrically heated with a carbon rod running through the center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They formed my character, and filled me with an abhorrence of evil-doers. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They looked at each other and laughed, then looked away, filled with darkness and secrecy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her jewelry marts are filled with artists in mosaic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I read a poem or two; whether the spell was in me or in the verse I know not, but my heart filled genially, my pulse rose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The country back of Vicksburg was filled with deserters from Pemberton's army and, it was reported, many from Johnston's also. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sir Percival filled another glass from the decanter so awkwardly that he upset it and spilt all the wine over the table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The thought of Laura welled up like a spring in the depths of my heart, and filled it with waters of bitterness, never, never known to it before. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The whole lot, rods and rope, when ready for tube, should have another coat, and then be placed in tube and filled. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The avenues and plazas of Helium were filled with people. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Nothing, man, the woman of Pablo said and filled his bowl with the meat stew. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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