fill

fill
fill [{{t}}fɪl]
remplir2(a) boucher2(b) occuper2(c), 2(d) répondre à2(e) se remplir3
1 noun
to eat one's fill manger à sa faim, se rassasier;
to drink one's fill boire tout son soûl;
when they had eaten their fill quand ils eurent mangé tout leur content;
a fill of tobacco (for pipe) une pipe de tabac;
{{}}familiar{{}} I've had my fill of it/her j'en ai assez/assez d'elle
2 transitive verb
(a) (cup, glass, bottle) remplir; (room, streets → of people, smoke, laughter) envahir; (chocolates) fourrer; (cake, pie) garnir; (vegetables) farcir; (pipe) bourrer; (cart etc) charger;
to fill a page with writing remplir une page d'écriture;
wind filled the sails le vent a gonflé les voiles;
she filled his head with nonsense elle lui a bourré le crâne de bêtises;
to be filled with people (room, street) être plein ou rempli de gens;
to be filled with horror/admiration être rempli d'horreur/d'admiration;
she was filled with horror at the news cette nouvelle l'a remplie d'horreur;
to be filled with hope être plein d'espoir;
to be filled with fear/envy être dévoré de peur/d'envie;
it filled me with sorrow cela m'a profondément peiné;
such were the thoughts that filled his mind telles étaient les pensées qui occupaient son esprit;
he filled the air with his cries il a rempli l'air de ses cris
(b) (plug → hole) boucher; (→ tooth) plomber;
to have a tooth filled se faire plomber une dent;
the product filled a gap in the market le produit a comblé un vide sur le marché;
{{}}familiar{{}} to fill or pump sb full of lead (shoot) plomber qn
(c) (position, vacancy → of employee) occuper; (→ of employer) pourvoir;
to fill the office of president remplir les fonctions de président;
the post has been filled le poste a été pris ou pourvu
(d) (occupy → time) occuper;
reading fills my evenings la lecture remplit mes soirées
(e) (meet → requirement) répondre à;
{{}}familiar{{}} to fill the bill faire l'affaire
(f) (supply)
to fill an order (in bar, restaurant) apporter ce qui a été commandé; (for stationery, equipment etc) livrer une commande;
to fill a prescription préparer une ordonnance
3 intransitive verb
(room, bath, bus) se remplir; (sail) se gonfler;
her eyes filled with tears ses yeux se sont remplis de larmes
fill in
1 intransitive verb
faire un remplacement;
I'm often asked to fill in on me demande souvent de faire des remplacements;
to fill in for sb remplacer qn;
I'll fill in for you if necessary je te remplacerai si besoin est
2 separable transitive verb
(a) (hole, window, door) boucher, combler; (ditch) remblayer;
he filled it in in green (outline) il l'a colorié ou rempli en vert;
to fill in the gaps in one's knowledge combler ses lacunes
(b) (complete → form, questionnaire, cheque stub) compléter, remplir; (insert → name, missing word) insérer;
to fill in the blanks remplir les blancs
(c) (bring up to date) mettre au courant;
to fill sb in on sth mettre qn au courant de qch
(d) (use → time) occuper;
he's just filling in time il fait ça pour s'occuper ou pour occuper son temps;
I've got a couple of months to fill in je dois occuper mon temps pendant environ deux mois
fill out
1 intransitive verb
(a) (cheeks) se remplir; (person) s'étoffer
(b) (sails) se gonfler
2 separable transitive verb
(a) (complete → form, questionnaire, cheque stub) compléter, remplir
(b) (pad out → essay, speech) étoffer
fill up
1 intransitive verb
se remplir;
to fill up with petrol faire le plein d'essence;
don't fill up on biscuits, you two! ne vous gavez pas de biscuits, vous deux!
2 separable transitive verb
(a) (make full) remplir; (person with food) rassasier;
he filled the car up il a fait le plein (d'essence);
{{}}Cars{{}} fill her or it up, please le plein, s'il vous plaît
(b) (fill in → hole) boucher; (→ ditch) remblayer
(c) (use → day, time) occuper

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