Idioms for fill
fill and stand on, Nautical.
(of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a tack after being hove to or halted facing the wind; fill away.
fill the bill.
bill1(def 16).
Origin of fill
before 900; Middle English
fillen, Old English
fyllan; cognate with German
füllen, Gothic
fulljan to make full; see
full1
OTHER WORDS FROM fill
fill·a·ble, adjective half-filled, adjective un·filled, adjective well-filled, adjectiveWords nearby fill
British Dictionary definitions for fill away (1 of 2)
fill away
verb
(intr, adverb) nautical
to cause a vessel's sails to fill, either by steering it off the wind or by bracing the yards
British Dictionary definitions for fill away (2 of 2)
fill
/ (fɪl) /
verb (mainly tr often foll by up)
noun
material such as gravel, stones, etc, used to bring an area of ground up to a required level
one's fill
the quantity needed to satisfy one
to eat your fill
Word Origin for fill
Old English
fyllan; related to Old Frisian
fella, Old Norse
fylla, Gothic
fulljan, Old High German
fullen; see
full
1,
fulfil
Idioms and Phrases with fill away
fill