different between filling vs backfilling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?l??/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?f??l??]
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

filling

1. present participle of fill

Adjective

filling (comparative more filling, superlative most filling)

1. Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

   a filling meal

   • 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiv:

     We had oatmeal porridge for breakfast, which was fairly filling, but I always starved at lunch and dinner. My friend continually reasoned with me to eat meat, but I always pleaded my vow and then remained silent.

Translations

See also

• stick to one's ribs

Noun

filling (plural fillings)

1. Anything that is used to fill something.
2. The contents of a pie, etc.
3. (dentistry) Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.

   I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.

   My temporary filling fell out and got lost.

4. The woof in woven fabrics.
5. Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
6. (Protestantism) A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer. [since late 19th or early 20th c.]
   • 1903, William Edward Biederwolf, A Help to the Study of the Holy Spirit, James H. Earle & Company (publ.), page 100.

   • 2011, Raymond F. Culpepper, Understanding the Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Pathway Press, page 33.

   • 2016, Zacharias Tanee Fomum, You Can Receive The Baptism Into The Holy Spirit Now, self-published.

   Synonyms: enduement, second baptism

Translations

See also

• filing

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• filing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fili?/

Etymology

From English filling station

Noun

filling

1. facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles; gas station

English

Noun

backfilling (countable and uncountable, plural backfillings)

1. The process by which something is backfilled.

   the backfilling of trenches

Verb

backfilling

1. present participle of backfill