filling

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of fill

2. 2

   Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

   • a filling meal
   • We had oatmeal porridge for breakfast, which was fairly filling, but I always starved at lunch and dinner. My friend continually reasoned with me to eat meat, but I always pleaded my vow and then remained silent.
   • Plain and unexciting, perhaps, but they are solid, well cooked, appetising and filling, and moreover cheap.
3. 3

   Anything that is used to fill something.

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   1. 4

      The contents of a pie, etc.

   2. 5

      Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.

      • I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.
      • My temporary filling fell out and got lost.
   3. 6

      The woof in woven fabrics.

   4. 7

      Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

   5. 8

      A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.

      • Other signs followed their subsequent fillings with the Holy Spirit, but the first filling was immediately followed by the speaking in other tongues.

The neighborhood

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