fill
part of speech
verb (fill, fills, filled, filling); noun (your fill)
meaning for a pupil
1) To fill is to put in as much as something can hold. tree →
2) To fill is to become full: «The room filled with people». tree →
3) To fill in a form or a gap is to write what is missing. tree →
4) To fill up means to make completely full. tree →
sense in the lessons
to make boxes or bags full: number of full boxes is N ÷ K; «fills N jars with K each» is N × K; «fill in the blanks» means write the missing words or numbers; phrases: «fill up», «fill in», «filled with», «fill a gap»
examples
- How many boxes can Ben fill? tree →
- Anna fills 3 jars with 8 sweets each. tree →
- 20 pencils fill 4 boxes equally. tree →
- Fill the bucket with sand. tree →
- Fill in the missing numbers: 2, 4, _, 8. tree →
- The stadium filled with fans. tree →
- Fill in your name and age on the form. tree →
- The bath takes 10 minutes to fill. tree →
- Then he filled the cup again. tree →
note
Number of full boxes is N ÷ K, without the remainder. «fills N jars with K each» is N × K. Trap: «how many more to fill it» is the size of the jar minus what is already in it.
In the corpora
- Stories grow because people fill gaps with guesses, round numbers up, and add a twist that makes the tale better to tell.
- A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.
- Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.
- The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.
- Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.