fill
/fɪl/verb
उच्चारण फ़िल
भरना; पूरा करना
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[T, I]
to make something full of something; to become full of something; to put something into a hole to close it; (of a feeling) to affect somebody strongly; to do a job or have a role
भरना; पूरा करना
- Fill the bottle with water.
- Her eyes filled with tears.
- fill a vacancy
+ 3 more examples
- Please fill the form in capital letters.
- The room slowly filled with smoke from the kitchen.
- The company plans to fill ten posts in March.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
fill sth with sth
Fill takes with for the thing that goes inside. The container is the object of fill.
जो वस्तु भीतर डाली जाती है, उसके लिए 'fill' के साथ 'with' आता है; पात्र ही fill का object होता है।
- Radhika filled the bottle with water.
fill in / fill out a form
In British English you fill in a form, and in American English you fill out a form. Both mean to complete it.
ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में 'fill in a form' और अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी में 'fill out a form' कहा जाता है; दोनों का अर्थ उसे भरना है।
- Please fill in the application form.
be filled with / fill sb with
In the passive, filled with describes the contents of a place or a feeling that has taken over.
Passive में 'filled with' किसी स्थान की सामग्री या छा गई भावना का वर्णन करता है।
- The hall was filled with laughter.
fill a post / vacancy / gap
Fill also means to put somebody in a position that is empty, or to supply something that was missing.
'Fill' का अर्थ रिक्त पद पर किसी को नियुक्त करना या कमी को पूरा करना भी है।
- The bank will fill fifty vacancies this year.
+Collocations 4
fill + noun
a forma vacancya gapa tankthe silence
- The bank has to fill ten vacancies.
भौतिक और लाक्षणिक दोनों अर्थों में ये संज्ञाएँ आती हैं।
adverb + fill
quicklyslowlygraduallycompletelynearly
- The pond filled quickly after the rain.
fill + particle
fill upfill infill outfill in for
- Fill up the tank before the journey.
fill + feeling
fill with joyfill with fearfill with pridefill with hope
- The news filled her with pride.
“More examples 5
- Tears filled her eyes when she heard the news.
समाचार सुनकर उसकी आँखों में आँसू भर आए।
- The teacher asked us to fill in the blanks.
शिक्षक ने हमें रिक्त स्थान भरने को कहा।
- The stadium filled up an hour before the match.
मैच से एक घंटा पहले स्टेडियम भर गया।
- Who will fill in for you tomorrow?
कल आपकी जगह कौन काम सँभालेगा?
- The smell of fresh rotis filled the kitchen.
ताज़ा रोटियों की महक रसोई में भर गई।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Fill the form.
✓ Fill in the form.
For a form, the particle in or out is needed; fill alone means to make something full.
Form के लिए particle 'in' या 'out' आवश्यक है; अकेला 'fill' किसी वस्तु को भर देने का अर्थ देता है।
✗ She filled the glass by water.
✓ She filled the glass with water.
The substance that fills a container is introduced by with, not by.
पात्र को भरने वाला पदार्थ 'with' से जुड़ता है, 'by' से नहीं।
✗ The fill of the tank is easy.
✓ Filling the tank is easy.
To name the action as a subject, use the gerund filling; fill is not used as a noun here.
क्रिया को कर्ता के रूप में प्रयोग करने के लिए gerund 'filling' आता है; यहाँ 'fill' noun नहीं है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Fill, stuff and load all put something in, but they differ in how much is put in.
Fill, stuff और load तीनों किसी वस्तु को भीतर डालते हैं, पर कितना डाला जाता है यह अलग है।
To push things in tightly, often too many.
वस्तुओं को कसकर भरना, प्रायः आवश्यकता से अधिक।
- He stuffed clothes into the bag.
To put a heavy cargo or load on something.
किसी वाहन या मशीन पर भारी सामान लादना।
- They loaded the truck.
→Phrasal verbs 4
fill sth in
(British English) to complete a form by writing information on it
(फ़ॉर्म) भरना
- Fill in the application form in capital letters.
fill in for sb
to do somebody's job for a short time
(थोड़े समय के लिए) किसी की जगह काम करना
- Can you fill in for me while I'm at the doctor's?
fill sth out
to complete a form by writing information on it
(फ़ॉर्म) भरना
- Please fill out this registration form.
fill up / fill sth up
to become full; to make something completely full
भर जाना; पूरा भर देना
- The hall filled up quickly.
- Fill up the tank before the journey.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Fill in (complete a form: 'fill in the application form', British; fill out, American; also do somebody's job temporarily: 'fill in for a teacher'), fill up (make or become completely full), fill sb in (give somebody the latest information).
Phrasal verbs बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: fill in (फ़ॉर्म भरना: 'fill in the application form', British; fill out, American; किसी का काम अस्थायी रूप से करना भी: 'fill in for a teacher'), fill up (पूरा भरना या भर जाना), fill sb in (किसी को नवीनतम जानकारी देना)।
Fill sb's shoes (do somebody's job as well as they did), fill the bill (be suitable), have your fill of sth (have had enough of something).
Idioms: fill sb's shoes (किसी का काम उतनी ही अच्छी तरह करना), fill the bill (उपयुक्त होना), have your fill of sth (किसी चीज़ से भर जाना, ऊब जाना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Exam: 'fill in the blanks' (complete the sentences).
परीक्षा में 'fill in the blanks' (रिक्त स्थान भरिए)।