noun
1. the act of filling something
2. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
e.g. when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teethan informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'
3. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Synonym: woofweftpick
4. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
5. flow into something (as a container)
6. any material that fills a space or container
e.g. there was not enough fill for the trench
Synonym: fill