Filling
['fɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of filling something.
(noun.) (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'; 'an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping''.
(noun.) a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc..
(noun.) flow into something (as a container).
(noun.) any material that fills a space or container; 'there was not enough fill for the trench'.
Checker: Sondra--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fill
(n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.
(n.) The woof in woven fabrics.
(n.) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
Editor: Lora
Examples
- The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now, this is filling at the price. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Free chlorine is heavier than air, and hence when it leaves the exit tube it settles at the bottom of the jar, displacing the air, and finally filling the bottle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Like as Tom might have been, miss, if Emma and me had died after father, said Charley, her round eyes filling with tears. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Ten minutes after it touched at the palace a message called me to the council chamber, which I found filling with the members of that body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Mrs. Bagnet forgets the day to the extent of filling a pipe and a glass for Mr. Bucket and waiting upon him hospitably. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The room was filling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Though answers to the questions surged up fastmy mind filling like a rising well, ideas were there, but not words. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The shops were opening and the cafes filling with early morning patrons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The wheel is kept revolving, and a man on one side is kept constantly busy in filling the molds with the molten material as they reach him. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fig.?3 shows how these rest upon the plates and how they are tied together so as to least interfere with the filling of the silo. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A drain for the boy,' said Toby, half-filling a wine-glass. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Or, a small pinch of the acid in powder is placed in every bottle before filling. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He was a deacon in the church which had been defiled by the occupation of Union troops, and by a Union chaplain filling the pulpit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One of 'em's a parson,' said Mr. Roker, filling up a little piece of paper as he spoke; 'another's a butcher. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checker: Vivian