fill(something)up
phrasal verbwithfillverbuk/fɪl/us/fɪl/
B1
tobecomefull, or to make somethingbecomefull:
Theseatsin thehallwerefillingupfast.
Hefilledup thetankwithpetrol.
- Thewaiterimmediatelyfilledmyglassup again.
- Fill thebucketup withwarmsoapywater.
- Don'tfillthecupup sofullnexttime.
- Thiscontainerfillsup withrainwaterand we use it towaterthehouseplants.
- I'mgladtoseethatourcharitycollectionboxesarefillingupnicely.
Filling and completing
- backfill
- box ticking
- brick
- brick upsomething
- brim
- fill
- gas
- jam
- overrun
- pack
- packsomething/somewhereout
- permeate
- pervade
- pervasively
- round
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- takesomethingup
- tank up
- topsomethingup