Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso
great a multitude?
Matt. xv. 33.
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
Bacon.
4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an
incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president
fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills
the chair.
5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. A.
Hamilton.
6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the
sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after
side of the sails.
7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of
(a low place), with earth or gravel.
To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures. -- To fill out, to
extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill
out a bill. -- To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or
entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss that fills up
all the mind." Pope. "And fill up that which is behind of the
afflictions of Christ." Col. i. 24.
Fill (?), v. i. 1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied;
to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a
warm season; the sail fills with the wind.