filling (n.)

c. 1400, "that which fills or fills up," verbal noun from fill (v.). Dentistry sense is from 1848. Filling station attested by 1915.

filling (adj.)

"calculated to fill or satisfy," 1620s, present-participle adjective from fill (v.).

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fill (v.)

Old English fyllan "to fill, make full, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill," from Proto-Germanic *fulljanan "to fill" (source also of Old Saxon fulljan, Old Norse fylla, Old Frisian fella, Dutch vullen, German füllen, Gothic fulljan "to fill, make full"), a derivative of adjective *fullaz "full" (see full (adj.)). Related: Filled.

To fill the bill (1882) originally was U.S. theatrical slang, in reference to a star of such magnitude his or her name would be the only one on a show's poster. To fill out "write in required matter" is recorded from 1880.

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Definitions of filling

filling (n.)

flow into something (as a container);

filling (n.)

a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.;

filling (n.)

the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving;

Synonyms: woof / weft / pick

filling (n.)

(dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth;

when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth

an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'

filling (n.)

the act of filling something;

filling (n.)

any material that fills a space or container;

Synonyms: fill

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