different between fill vs impress
fill
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?l, IPA(key): /f?l/, [f??]
- Rhymes: -?l
- Homophone: Phil
Etymology 1
From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-Germanic *fullijan? (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)
Verb
fill (third-person singular simple present fills, present participle filling, simple past and past participle filled)
- (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- c. 1761, Tobias Smollett, translator, Don Quixote, part 2, book 5, chapter 4:
- […] the drums began to thunder, the sound of trumpets filled the air, the earth trembled beneath their feet, and the hearts of the gazing multitude throbbed with suspense and expectation […]
- c. 1860, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, chapter 38:
- And now that I have given the one chapter to the theme that so filled my heart, and so often made it ache and ache again, I pass on, unhindered, to the event that had impended over me longer yet […] .
- c. 1761, Tobias Smollett, translator, Don Quixote, part 2, book 5, chapter 4:
- (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- 1950, Arthur W. Upfield, The Bachelors of Broken Hill, chapter 11:
- She continued to frown as she filled Bony's cup and added brandy to her own.
- 2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won't Do for Love, 2006 edition, ?ISBN, page 10 [1]:
- She forgave him the pain as he filled the cavity in her back molar. Three weeks later, she let him fill a more intimate cavity.
- 2006, Gilbert Morris, Sante Fe Woman, B&H, page 95 [2]:
- Grat Herendeen was the first man, a huge man with his bull whip coiled and over his shoulder seeming almost a part of him. He grinned at her as she filled his plate with the eggs and motioned toward the bacon. "Help yourself, Grat."
- 1950, Arthur W. Upfield, The Bachelors of Broken Hill, chapter 11:
- To enter (something), making it full.
- 1910 May 13, John C. Sherwin, opinion, Delashmutt et al. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. et al., reprinted in volume 126, North Western Reporter, page 359, at 360:
- In the evening of the 14th of July, there was a rainfall of 3 or 3½ inches in that locality. The water filled the ditch so full that it overflowed the levees on both sides in many places […] .
- 2004, Peter Westen, The Logic of Consent, Ashgate, ?ISBN, page 322 [3]:
- As the crowd filled the aisles, S repeated loudly what he had announced upon entering the stadium: 'I don't want anyone to touch me, and I will call the police if anyone does.'
- 1910 May 13, John C. Sherwin, opinion, Delashmutt et al. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. et al., reprinted in volume 126, North Western Reporter, page 359, at 360:
- (intransitive) To become full.
- (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- 1891 January 23, Allen Morse, opinion, Lawrence v. Hanley, reprinted in volume 47, Northwestern Reporter, page 753, at 755:
- The board of supervisors called a specal[sic] election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
- 1891 January 23, Allen Morse, opinion, Lawrence v. Hanley, reprinted in volume 47, Northwestern Reporter, page 753, at 755:
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- a. 1891, "Intimate Diagnosis of Diseased Teeth", in Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science and Literature, volume 13, number 11, November 1891, page 657 [4]:
- Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.
- a. 1891, "Intimate Diagnosis of Diseased Teeth", in Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science and Literature, volume 13, number 11, November 1891, page 657 [4]:
- (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
Synonyms
- (occupy fully, take up all of): pervade
- (have sexual intercourse with a female): dick, get up in, knob, swive; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Antonyms
- (add contents to a container or cavity): empty
- (to become full): empty
Hyponyms
- backfill
- polyfill
- refill
Derived terms
- backfill
- filler
- filling
- forthfill
- fulfill, fulfil
- overfill
Related terms
Related terms
- full
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-Germanic *full?? (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.
Noun
fill (plural fills)
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]
- An amount that fills a container.
- The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
- The filling of a container or area.
- That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
- This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- bass fill
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- fill soil
- fill up
Translations
Etymology 3
See thill.
Noun
fill (plural fills)
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
- 2008, Martha E. Green, Pioneers in Pith Helmets
- It was a challenge to learn to harness him, guide him slowly back between the fills of the carriage, then to fasten the right buckles and snaps, making the harness and buggy all ready for travel to church or to town.
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi??/
Etymology 1
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin filum.
Noun
fill m (plural fije)
- thread, yarn
Etymology 2
Unclear. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stell; fixed, motionless, still, stiff”)
Adverb
fill
- at once, immediately, alone
- instant
Derived terms
- filloj
- zanafillë
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan filh, from Latin f?lius, from Latin f?lios (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *d?eh?(y)- (“to suck”). Cognate to Occitan filh, French fils.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fi?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
fill m (plural fills)
- son
Derived terms
- fill de puta
Related terms
- afillar
- filial
- filla
Further reading
- “fill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /f?i?l?/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /f?i?l??/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /f??l??/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fillid (“turns back”), from Proto-Celtic *wel-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“turn”); compare German walzen (“roll”), Latin volv? (“turn”)
Verb
fill (present analytic filleann, future analytic fillfidh, verbal noun filleadh, past participle fillte)
- turn back
- return
- fold
- (biology, geology, medicine) plicate
- (medicine, of symptoms) recur
Conjugation
Derived terms
- athfhill (“recur; (of decimals) circulate; refold; reflect”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
fill
- genitive singular of feall
Mutation
References
- "fill" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fillid (“turns back”), from Proto-Celtic *wel-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi??/
Verb
fill (past dh'fhill, future fillidh, verbal noun filleadh, past participle fillte)
- fold; plait; twill
- imply
- contain, include
Derived terms
- eadar-fhill (“intervolve”)
Mutation
References
- “fill” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
fill From the web:
- what fills the hollow of most bones
- what fills a grand soul gem
- what fillers to skip in naruto
- what filler episodes to skip in naruto
- what fillers to skip in naruto shippuden
- what fills you up
- what filler is used for lips
- what fills a greater soul gem
impress
English
Etymology
From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) enPR: ?mpr?s?, IPA(key): /?m?p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
- (noun) enPR: ?m?pr?s, IPA(key): /??mp??s/
- Hyphenation: im?press
Verb
impress (third-person singular simple present impresses, present participle impressing, simple past and past participle impressed)
- (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
- (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
- (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
- (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
- To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
- (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
- impress the motives and methods of persuasion upon our own hearts, till we feel the force and power of them.
- (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
- (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
- the second £5,000 imprest for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners
Synonyms
- (transitive: affect strongly and often favourably): make an impression on
- (intransitive: make an impression, be impressive): cut a figure
- (produce a vivid impression of):
- (mark or stamp (something) using pressure): imprint, print, stamp
- (compel (someone) to serve in a military force):: pressgang
- (seize or confiscate (property) by force):: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester
Translations
Noun
impress (plural impresses)
- The act of impressing.
- An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
- 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Norton 2005, p. 1330:
- We know that you were pressed for money, that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held […]
- 1908, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Norton 2005, p. 1330:
- A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
- An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 187:
- Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible […]
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 187:
- Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
- we have God surveying the works of the creation, and leaving this general impress or character upon them
- A heraldic device; an impresa.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cussans to this entry?)
- The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Translations
Derived terms
- impressed
- impression
- impressive
- impressively
Further reading
- impress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- impress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impress at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Persism, mispers, permiss, premiss, simpers
impress From the web:
- what impression mean
- what impressed the animals about the jones' house
- what impresses you
- what impression does the graph create
- what impresses colleges
- what impressed festus about paul
- what impressions mean on instagram
- what first impression mean
you may also like
- fill vs impress
- excite vs galvanise
- hot vs sprightly
- ghastly vs forbidding
- burden vs cancer
- post vs pylon
- calculation vs enumeration
- safeguarding vs preventive
- sombre vs obstinate
- marble vs pea
- subjection vs conformity
- liberation vs citizenship
- pollute vs degrade
- desolate vs plaintive
- lucidity vs cleanliness
- warranty vs collateral
- sense vs substance
- train vs slant
- grating vs throaty
- progression vs chain