REFILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refill mean? 

• REFILL (noun)
  The noun REFILL has 2 senses:

1. a prescription drug that is provided again

2. a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents

  Familiarity information: REFILL used as a noun is rare.

• REFILL (verb)
  The verb REFILL has 1 sense:

1. fill something that had previously been emptied

  Familiarity information: REFILL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prescription drug that is provided again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the prescription specified only one refill

Hypernyms ("refill" is a kind of...):

ethical drug; prescription; prescription drug; prescription medicine (a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he got a refill for his notebook

Hypernyms ("refill" is a kind of...):

merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)

• REFILL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refill    ... he / she / it refills   
Past simple: refilled   
Past participle: refilled   
-ing form: refilling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill something that had previously been emptied

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

fill again; refill; replenish

Context example:

refill my glass, please

Hypernyms (to "refill" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

refilling (filling again by supplying what has been used up)

 Context examples 

The blood pressure after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood.

(Diastolic Blood Pressure, NCI Thesaurus)

This supply was refilled by monocytes, immune cells recruited from the blood.

(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)

Mars is not all bad, however, for you will see at the new and full moon, Mars will work hard to refill your coffers again, and he will be quite effective.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As the little man put his now empty glass to his lips, when he made this reflection, I proposed to him to have it refilled, and I would keep him company with another.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A container of medication intended to refill an inhaler.

(Inhaler Refill, NCI Thesaurus)

The woman refilled his mug, at the same time breaking into light laughter.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in an inhaler refill.

(Inhaler Refill Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

This means the device should be able to operate for extended periods without needing to be refilled.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I wouldn't, Meg, your mother doesn't like it, you know, he whispered, leaning over her chair, as Ned turned to refill her glass and Fisher stooped to pick up her fan.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A container of medication intended to refill an aerosol dispenser.

(Aerosol Refill, NCI Thesaurus)