English > fill up: 4 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | make full, also in a metaphorical sense. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
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| Model | They fill up the cart with boxes |
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| Synonyms | fill, make full |
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| Cause to | fill, fill up | Become full |
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| Narrower | brim | fill as much as possible |
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| clog, overload | Fill to excess so that function is impaired |
| clutter, clutter up | fill a space in a disorderly way |
| complete | Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements |
| deluge, flood, inundate, swamp | Fill quickly beyond capacity |
| electrify | Charge (a conductor) with electricity |
| farce, stuff | Fill with a stuffing while cooking |
| heap | Fill to overflow |
| impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely |
| impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture | Fill, as with a certain quality |
| ink | Fill with ink |
| line | Fill plentifully |
| load, lade, laden, load up | Fill or place a load on |
| load, charge | Provide (a device) with something necessary |
| lubricate, lube | apply a lubricant to |
| overfill | Fill beyond capacity |
| pack | Fill to capacity |
| pad, bolster | add padding to |
| populate | Fill with inhabitants |
| prime | Fill with priming liquid / liquid |
| replenish, refill, fill again | Fill something that had previously been emptied |
| stuff | Fill tightly with a material |
| surcharge | Fill to an excessive degree |
| top off | fill to the point of almost overflowing |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Opposite | empty | make void or empty of contents |
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| Spanish | copar, llenar |
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| Catalan | copar, emplenar, omplir |
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