Collocations for "fill"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fill" in context.
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fill
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- fill [your glass, the pitcher] (with)
- fill with [water, wine]
- fill up the [car, glass]
- fill out the [form, paperwork]
- [please, simply] fill it out
- fill in [this form, your name, the blank]
- filled the form [in, out]
- fill [an order, a prescription]
- filled [his suitcase, the tank, her lungs]
- fill [the hole, the gap, a void]
- something to fill the [hole]
- fill the [position, vacancy]
- filled to [capacity, bursting]
- the [stadium, auditorium] filled with people
- [people, protesters] filled the streets
- [sunlight, guests] filled the room
- filled with [reporters, journalists, people]
- fill me in on (developments)
- (is) filling in for a [teacher, coworker, actor, speaker]
- fills me with joy
- fill up on [pasta, bread, vegetables]
- [he, her figure] has filled out
- have had my fill of [school, the beach, this job]
- had my fill of [school] for the [day, week]
- has had more than her fill of (problems)
- have eaten my fill (of)
- a [cellulose, polystyrene, feather, road] fill
'fill' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- address
- air
- applicable
- appraisal
- authorization
- ballot
- bath
- bathtub
- billing
- bind
- blank
- bottle
- bowl
- box
- bread
- car
- churn
- complaint
- container
- cup
- data
- detail
- documentation
- electronic
- engine
- exception
- excess
- expand
- feeder
- field
- form
- fuel
- full
- funnel
- gap
- gas
- glass
- gravel
- grease
- guideline
- have
- height
- ice
- incident
- jug
- kindly
- leisure
- loan
- loneliness