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MAKE FULL
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Example:
fill the child with pride
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make full" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
fill; fill up (become full)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make full"):
pack (fill to capacity)
deluge; flood; inundate; swamp (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid)
charge; load (provide (a device) with something necessary)
lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)
surcharge (fill to an excessive degree)
lube; lubricate (apply a lubricant to)
electrify (charge (a conductor) with electricity)
impregnate; infuse; instill; tincture (fill, as with a certain quality)
impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)
complete (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements)
line (fill plentifully)
prime (fill with priming liquid)
fill again; refill; replenish (fill something that had previously been emptied)
ink (fill with ink)
overfill (fill beyond capacity)
heap (fill to overflow)
top off (fill to the point of almost overflowing)
populate (fill with inhabitants)
stuff (fill tightly with a material)
farce; stuff (fill with a stuffing while cooking)
brim (fill as much as possible)
clog; overload (fill to excess so that function is impaired)
clutter; clutter up (fill a space in a disorderly way)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
