| fill up | | |
| v. (change) | 1. fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ clutter, clutter up | fill a space in a disorderly way. |
| ~ overload, clog | fill to excess so that function is impaired.; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" |
| ~ brim | fill as much as possible.; "brim a cup to good fellowship" |
| ~ farce, stuff | fill with a stuffing while cooking.; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" |
| ~ stuff | fill tightly with a material.; "stuff a pillow with feathers" |
| ~ bolster, pad | add padding to.; "pad the seat of the chair" |
| ~ populate | fill with inhabitants.; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" |
| ~ fill, fill up | become full.; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" |
| ~ top off | fill to the point of almost overflowing.; "She topped off the cup" |
| ~ heap | fill to overflow.; "heap the platter with potatoes" |
| ~ overfill | fill beyond capacity.; "overfill the baskets" |
| ~ ink | fill with ink.; "ink a pen" |
| ~ fill again, refill, replenish | fill something that had previously been emptied.; "refill my glass, please" |
| ~ prime | fill with priming liquid.; "prime a car engine" |
| ~ line | fill plentifully.; "line one's pockets" |
| ~ complete | bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements.; "A child would complete the family" |
| ~ impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| ~ impregnate, tincture, infuse, instill | fill, as with a certain quality.; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" |
| ~ electrify | charge (a conductor) with electricity. |
| ~ lube, lubricate | apply a lubricant to.; "lubricate my car" |
| ~ surcharge | fill to an excessive degree.; "The air was surcharged with tension" |
| ~ load, load up, lade, laden | fill or place a load on.; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" |
| ~ load, charge | provide (a device) with something necessary.; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundate, swamp | fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" |
| ~ pack | fill to capacity.; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" |
| v. (change) | 2. fill, fill up | become full.; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ water | fill with tears.; "His eyes were watering" |
| ~ flood | become filled to overflowing.; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" |
| ~ rack up | supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals). |
| v. (contact) | 3. close, fill up | fill or stop up.; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" |
| ~ fill | plug with a substance.; "fill a cavity" |
| ~ seal | close with or as if with a seal.; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" |
| ~ plug, stop up, secure | fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" |
| ~ coapt, conglutinate | cause to adhere.; "The wounds were coapted" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. fill, fill up | eat until one is sated.; "He filled up on turkey" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| satiated | | |
| adj. | 1. satiate, satiated | supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction. |
| ~ jaded | dulled by surfeit.; "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes" |
| ~ satiable, satisfiable | capable of being sated.; "a satiable thirst"; "a satiable appetite" |
| bow | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bow, bowknot | a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces. |
| ~ knot | any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bow | a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments. |
| ~ fiddlestick, violin bow | a bow used in playing the violin. |
| ~ stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood.; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bow, fore, prow, stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft.; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" |
| ~ front | the side that is seen or that goes first. |
| ~ vessel, watercraft | a craft designed for water transportation. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bow | a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow. |
| ~ bow and arrow | a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them. |
| ~ bowstring | the string of an archer's bow. |
| ~ crossbow | a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel). |
| ~ cupid's bow | a curved bow with reversed curve ends. |
| ~ handbow | a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow. |
| ~ limb | either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.; "the upper limb of the bow" |
| ~ longbow | a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
| n. (shape) | 5. arc, bow | something curved in shape. |
| ~ rainbow | an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain. |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| n. (communication) | 6. bow, bowing, obeisance | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. |
| ~ reverence | an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). |
| ~ motion, gesture | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. |
| ~ genuflection, genuflexion | the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence. |
| ~ kotow, kowtow | a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission. |
| ~ scrape, scraping | a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility).; "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" |
| ~ salaam | a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation. |
| n. (communication) | 7. bow, curtain call | an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience. |
| ~ thanks | an acknowledgment of appreciation. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. bow | a decorative interlacing of ribbons. |
| ~ decoration, ornament, ornamentation | something used to beautify. |
| n. (act) | 9. bow | a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments. |
| ~ stroke | a single complete movement. |
| ~ down-bow | a downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow. |
| ~ up-bow | an upward stroke from the tip to the heel of the bow. |
| v. (communication) | 10. bow, bow down | bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head.; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" |
| ~ conge, congee | perform a ceremonious bow. |
| ~ gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement.; "He gestured his desire to leave" |
| v. (communication) | 11. accede, bow, defer, give in, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
| ~ buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| v. (motion) | 12. bow | bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting.; "He bowed before the King" |
| ~ take a bow | acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance. |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ curtsey, curtsy | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting. |
| ~ kowtow, genuflect, scrape | bend the knees and bow in a servile manner. |
| ~ genuflect | bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image. |
| v. (motion) | 13. bend, bow, crouch, stoop | bend one's back forward from the waist on down.; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| ~ squinch | crouch down. |
| ~ cower, huddle | crouch or curl up.; "They huddled outside in the rain" |
| v. (creation) | 14. bow | play on a string instrument with a bow. |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ play | play on an instrument.; "The band played all night long" |
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