MAKE FULL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does make full mean? 

• MAKE FULL (verb)
  The verb MAKE FULL has 1 sense:

1. make full, also in a metaphorical sense

  Familiarity information: MAKE FULL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE FULL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

fill; fill up; make full

Context example:

fill the child with pride

Hypernyms (to "make full" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

fill; fill up (become full)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make full"):

prime (fill with priming liquid)

pack (fill to capacity)

deluge; flood; inundate; swamp (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid)

charge; load (provide (a device) with something necessary)

lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)

surcharge (fill to an excessive degree)

lube; lubricate (apply a lubricant to)

electrify (charge (a conductor) with electricity)

impregnate; infuse; instill; tincture (fill, as with a certain quality)

impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)

complete (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements)

line (fill plentifully)

clutter; clutter up (fill a space in a disorderly way)

fill again; refill; replenish (fill something that had previously been emptied)

ink (fill with ink)

overfill (fill beyond capacity)

heap (fill to overflow)

top off (fill to the point of almost overflowing)

populate (fill with inhabitants)

bolster; pad (add padding to)

stuff (fill tightly with a material)

farce; stuff (fill with a stuffing while cooking)

brim (fill as much as possible)

clog; overload (fill to excess so that function is impaired)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something