noun
able-bodied
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EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryDefinition (Entry 2 of 2)
- : a full supplyespecially : a quantity that satisfies or satiates //Please eat your fill. //I've had my fill of museums for one trip. [= I do not want to see any more museums]
- : something that fills: such as: material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, passage, or low place //They delivered a truckload offillfor the trench.: a bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist): artificial light used in photography to reduce or eliminate shadows —often used attributively //fill flash
Examples
Verb
- //May I fill your glass for you?
- //She filled her house with antiques.
- //His massive body filled the doorway.
- //He has enough books to fill a library.
- //Two hundred people filled the room.
- //fill a sheet of paper with writing
- //a vase filled with flowers
- //stadiums filled with cheering fans
- //The rivers have filled and are close to flooding.
- //The stadium filled more than an hour before the game.
Noun
- //They delivered a truckload of fill for the trench.
- //we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is
First Known Use
Verb
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1aNoun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Verb
Middle English fillen, fullen, fellen, going back to Old English fyllan, going back to Germanic *fulljan- (whence also Old Frisian fella "to fill," Old Saxon fullian, Old High German fullen, Old Icelandic fylla, Gothic fulljan), weak verb derivative from the stem of *fulla- full entry 1Noun
(sense 1) Middle English fille, fulle, felle, going back to Old English fyllu, fyll, going back to Germanic *full-īn- (whence also Middle Dutch volle "full supply, fill," Old High German fullī, follī, Old Icelandic fylli, Gothic ufarfullei "superfluity"), from *fulla- full entry 1 + *-īn-, noun suffix of quality; (sense 2) derivative of fill entry 1NOTE: As with other nouns originally formed with the suffix *-īn-, Old English has reclassed the nouns as regular *-ō feminine nouns by association with the suffix *-iþō.