FILLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filling mean? 

• FILLING (noun)
  The noun FILLING has 6 senses:

1. any material that fills a space or container

2. flow into something (as a container)

3. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

5. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth

6. the act of filling something

  Familiarity information: FILLING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any material that fills a space or container

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fill; filling

Context example:

there was not enough fill for the trench

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

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filling"):

cement (any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flow into something (as a container)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filling"):

refilling; renewal; replacement; replenishment (filling again by supplying what has been used up)

Derivation:

fill (become full)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

concoction; intermixture; mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filling"):

lekvar (a sweet filling made of prunes or apricots)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

filling; pick; weft; woof

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

thread; yarn (a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving)

Holonyms ("filling" is a part of...):

weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)

Holonyms ("filling" is a substance of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

an informal British term for 'filling' is 'stopping'

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

dental appliance (a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth)

Domain category:

dental medicine; dentistry; odontology (the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filling"):

inlay ((dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place)

Derivation:

fill (plug with a substance)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of filling something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filling"):

saturation (the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid)

flood; flowage (the act of flooding; filling to overflowing)

Derivation:

fill (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

 Context examples 

A radiographic procedure to obtain an image of the urinary bladder by filling the bladder with contrast medium.

(Cystography, NCI Thesaurus)

The solar wind washes over the planets, moons and other bodies in our solar system, filling a bubble of space — called the heliosphere — that extends far past the orbit of Pluto.

(NASA Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn', NASA)

Now, this is filling at the price.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Now it becomes: AM HERE A.E SLANE. Or, filling in the obvious vacancies in the name: AM HERE ABE SLANEY.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Inability of the heart to pump blood at an adequate rate to fill tissue metabolic requirements or the ability to do so only at an elevated filling pressure.

(Heart Failure, Food and Drug Administration)

Based on the new analysis, the filling of at least the bottom layers of the mountain occurred mostly by ancient rivers and lakes over a period of less than 500 million years.

(NASA's Curiosity Rover Team Confirms Ancient Lakes on Mars, NASA)

As a result of the treatment of these waters, millions of tons of sewage sludge are generated, filling landfills and generating pollution, unpleasant odours, and public health risks.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)

Mercury, planet of agreements and communication, will be retrograde from October 31 to November 20 in Scorpio, filling this same professional sector of prestigious career developments.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It stood up against me like a wall, filling my lungs with air which I could not expel.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"The whole theory of telepathy—" began Summerlee, filling his pipe.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)