fill
verb (used with object)
to make full; put as much as can be held into.
have filled
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present perfectof fill.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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These collisions can create tiny droplets of quark-gluon plasma, the extraordinary state of matter believed to have filled the Universe during its first millionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Keenan, a gym owner and fitness fanatic from Rossett, Wrexham, has very little memory of the day of his collapse and only knows what happened because others have filled in the blanks.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The number of people who told him to quit would have filled the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
War has emptied the usually traffic-jammed streets of Iran's capital, but Islamic republic authorities have filled them with checkpoints and security forces as they tighten their grip on the population.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
In these instances, I believe that her actions speak even louder than whatever words she might have said, so I have filled in some cracks in the research with my own phrasings.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
