| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: choke, cork, plug, stop, stopper. See FULL. | | VERB: | 1. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held: charge, freight, heap, load, pack, pile. See FULL. 2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, plug, stop. See FULL. 3. To supply fully or completely: answer, fulfill, meet1, satisfy. See DO. | | PHRASAL VERB: | fill in To act as a substitute: stand in, substitute, supply. Informal : pinch-hit, sub. See SUBSTITUTE. fill in To supply what is lacking: complement, complete, round (off or out), supplement. See AGREE, PART.
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