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fills

The correct spelling is fills.

How to pronounce fills

verb

IPA: /fɪlz/

Say it like: Fil-ls

The correct spelling is fills. To occupy fully, to take up all of. For example: "the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind"

Usage Examples

the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind

My heart filled with joy.

The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. 2.To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  3. 3.To enter (something), making it full.
  4. 4.To become full.
  5. 5.To become pervaded with something.

noun

  1. 1.(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  2. 2.An amount that fills a container.
  3. 3.The filling of a container or area.
  4. 4.Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  5. 5.Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

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