Fill vs. Fell — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Fill and Fell
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Definitions
Fill
To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level
Fill a glass with milk.
Filled the tub with water.
Fell
A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain") is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Norway, Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.
Fill
To supply or provide to the fullest extent
Filled the mall with new stores.
Fell
Cut down (a tree)
33 million trees are felled each day
Fill
To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
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Fell
Stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat
A flat-felled seam
Fill
To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).
Fell
An amount of timber cut.
Fill
To repair a cavity of (a tooth).
Fell
A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England
Cross Fell
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Fill
To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).
Fell
An animal's hide or skin with its hair.
Fill
To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity
Water is filling the basement. Fans are filling the stadium.
Fell
Of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly
The fell disease that was threatening her sister
Fill
To pervade
Music filled the room.
Fell
To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down
Fell a tree.
Fell an opponent in boxing.
Fill
To satiate, as with food and drink
The guests filled themselves with pie.
Fell
To kill
Was felled by an assassin's bullet.
Fill
To engage or occupy completely
A song that filled me with nostalgia.
Fell
To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.
Fill
To satisfy or meet; fulfill
Fill the requirements.
Fell
Past tense of fall.
Fill
To supply what is specified by or required for
Fill a prescription.
Fill an order.
Fell
The timber cut down in one season.
Fill
To put a person into (a job or position)
We filled the job with a new hire.
Fell
A felled seam.
Fill
To discharge the duties of; occupy
How long has she filled that post?.
Fell
The hide of an animal; a pelt.
Fill
To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.
Fell
A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.
Fill
To cause (a sail) to swell.
Fell
Chiefly British An upland stretch of open country; a moor.
Fill
To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
Fell
A barren or stony hill.
Fill
To become full
The basement is filling with water.
Fell
Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce
Fell hordes.
Fill
An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied
Eat one's fill.
Fell
Capable of destroying; lethal
A fell blow.
Fill
Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
Fell
Dire; sinister
By some fell chance.
Fill
A built-up piece of land; an embankment.
Fell
(Scots) Sharp and biting.
Fill
The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.
Fell
(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
Fill
(transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
Fell
(transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
Fill
(transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
Fell
(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
Fill
To enter (something), making it full.
Fell
A cutting-down of timber.
Fill
(intransitive) To become full.
The bucket filled with rain;
The sails fill with wind
Fell
The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
Fill
(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
My heart filled with joy.
Fell
(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Fill
(transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
Fell
An animal skin, hide, pelt.
Fill
(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
Fell
Human skin now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense.
Fill
(transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
Fell
A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
Fill
(transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Fell
A wild field or upland moor.
Fill
To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
Fell
Anger; gall; melancholy.
Fill
To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
Did you fill that girl last night?
Fell
Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
One fell swoop
Fill
(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
Fell
Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
Fill
An amount that fills a container.
The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
Fell
Very large; huge.
Fill
The filling of a container or area.
That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
Fell
(obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
Fill
Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
Fell
Sharply; fiercely.
Fill
(archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
Fell
Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
Fill
An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
Fell
Eager; earnest; intent.
I am so fell to my business.
Fill
(music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
Bass fill
Fell
Gall; anger; melancholy.
Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.
Fill
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Fell
A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; - used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.
Fill
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Fell
A barren or rocky hill.
Fill
A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.
I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill.
Fell
A wild field; a moor.
Fill
That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
Fell
The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
Fill
To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
The rain also filleth the pools.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim.
Fell
A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
Fill
To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas.
The Syrians filled the country.
Fell
The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Fill
To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
Fell
To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Stand, or I'll fell thee down.
Fill
To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
Fell
To sew or hem; - said of seams.
Fill
To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.
Fell
The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Fill
To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails.
Fell
Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
Fill
To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
Fell
The act of felling something (as a tree)
Fill
To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.
Fell
Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;
Strike down a tree
Lightning struck down the hikers
Fill
To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
Give me some wine; fill full.
Fell
Pass away rapidly;
Time flies like an arrow
Time fleeing beneath him
Fill
A quantity sufficient to satisfy;
He ate his fill of potatoes
She had heard her fill of gossip
Fell
Sew a seam by folding the edges
Fill
Any material that fills a space or container;
There was not enough fill for the trench
Fell
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
A barbarous crime
Brutal beatings
Cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
A savage slap
Vicious kicks
Fill
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense;
Fill a container
Fill the child with pride
Fill
Become full;
The pool slowly filled with water
The theater filled up slowly
Fill
Occupy the whole of;
The liquid fills the container
Fill
Assume, as of positions or roles;
She took the job as director of development
Fill
Fill or meet a want or need
Fill
Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Fill
Eat until one is sated;
He filled up on turkey
Fill
Fill to satisfaction;
I am sated
Fill
Plug with a substance;
Fill a cavity