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fill-in
  • n  someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
    we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
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fillagree
  • n  delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
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fille de chambre
  • n  a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
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filler
  • n  used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
  • n  100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
  • n  copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
  • n  anything added to fill out a whole
  • n  the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
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fillet
  • n  a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
  • n  a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
  • n  a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
  • n  a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
  • n  fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
  • v  decorate with a lace of geometric designs
  • v  cut into filets
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filling
  • n  any material that fills a space or container
  • n  flow into something (as a container)
  • n  a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
  • n  the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
  • n  (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
    when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth
    an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'
  • n  the act of filling something
  • v  make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  • v  become full
  • v  occupy the whole of
  • v  assume, as of positions or roles
  • v  fill or meet a want or need
  • v  appoint someone to (a position or a job)
  • v  eat until one is sated
  • v  fill to satisfaction
  • v  plug with a substance
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