Akademik

fill up
verb
1. make full, also in a metaphorical sense (Freq. 2)
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fill a container

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fill the child with pride

• Syn: ↑fill, ↑make full
• Ant: ↑empty (for: ↑fill)
• See Also: ↑fill in (for: ↑fill), ↑fill out (for: ↑fill)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fill (for: ↑fill), ↑filler (for: ↑fill), ↑filling (for: ↑fill)
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
• Hyponyms:
↑clutter, ↑clutter up, ↑clog, ↑overload, ↑brim, ↑farce, ↑stuff, ↑pad, ↑bolster, ↑populate, ↑top off, ↑heap, ↑overfill, ↑ink, ↑replenish, ↑refill, ↑fill again, ↑prime, ↑line, ↑complete, ↑impregnate, ↑saturate, ↑infuse, ↑instill, ↑tincture, ↑electrify, ↑lubricate, ↑lube, ↑surcharge, ↑load, ↑lade, ↑laden, ↑load up, ↑charge, ↑deluge, ↑flood, ↑inundate, ↑swamp, ↑pack
• Cause: ↑fill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s something with something

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They fill up the cart with boxes

2. become full (Freq. 1)
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The pool slowly filled with water

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The theater filled up slowly

• Syn: ↑fill
• Ant: ↑empty (for: ↑fill)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fill (for: ↑fill), ↑filling (for: ↑fill)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Hyponyms: ↑water, ↑flood, ↑rack up
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

3. fill or stop up
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Can you close the cracks with caulking?

• Syn: ↑close
• Derivationally related forms: ↑closure (for: ↑close), ↑closing (for: ↑close)
• Hypernyms: ↑fill
• Hyponyms: ↑seal, ↑plug, ↑stop up, ↑secure, ↑coapt, ↑conglutinate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

4. eat until one is sated
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He filled up on turkey

• Syn: ↑fill
• Hypernyms: ↑eat
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

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become completely full

the dining car filled up

■ fill the fuel tank of a car

Useful english dictionary. 2012.