Meanings
present singular third person fills up · participle present filling up · participle past filled up · past filled up
- intransitiveTo fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.
It costs a fortune these days to fill up.
1 more example
"Game over," Waddicor warns. "Look at the fuel gauge. Someone's forgotten to fill up." The heavily laden train has come from Freightliner's Maritime Terminal in Southampton's western docks. Waddicor reckons there might not be enough diesel in the tank to complete the journey.
2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 30 - intransitiveTo become completely full.
- colloquialidiomaticTo annoy, or displease, by taunting, or by excessive nagging.
The teachers that taught me weren't cool. / You're holding me down, / Turning me 'round, / Filling me up with your rules.
1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Getting Better”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles - intransitivereflexiveTo satisfy one's hunger; to stop being hungry.
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2008 October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 135 - slangcard gamesTo make a full house on the turn or the river.
- obsoletetransitiveTo make complete, to bring to a full development.
Our Father’s Death Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War, And cloſe the Scene of Blood.
1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make (something) completely full.
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Translations
Ancient Greek ἀναπίμπλημι
- ἀναπίμπλημι (anapímplēmi)to make full
Arabic مَلَأَ
- مَلَأَ (malaʔa)to make full
Bulgarian доливам, напълвам
- доливам (dolivam)to make full
- напълвам (napălvam)to make full
Catalan emplenar
- emplenarto make full
Chinese Mandarin 裝滿 /装满, 加油
- 裝滿 /装满 (zhuāngmǎn)to make full
- 加油 (jiāyóu)to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
Czech napustit, naplnit
- napustitto make full
- naplnitto make full
Dutch opvullen, vollopen
- opvullento make full
- vollopento make full
- tankento fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
Esperanto plenigi, pleniĝi
- plenigito make full
- pleniĝito become full
Finnish täyttää, tankata
- täyttääto make full
- tankatato fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- täyttää tankkito fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- täyttyäto become full
- tulla täyteento become full
- purskahtaa kyyneliinto become tearful as a result of strong emotion
- saada tarpeekseento annoy
- saada tarpeeksito annoy
- saada mittansa täyteento annoy
- täyttääto satisfy hunger
- olla täyttävääto satisfy hunger
French remplir, faire le plein
- remplirto make full
- faire le pleinto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- gazerto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
German anfüllen, auffüllen
- anfüllento make full
- auffüllento make full
- tankento fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
Italian riempire, riempirsi
- riempireto make full
- riempirsito become full
Japanese 満たす
- 満たす (mitasu)to make full
Latin impleo
- impleoto make full
Persian پر کردن
- پر کردن (por kardan)to make full
Polish napełniać, napełnić
- napełniaćto make full
- napełnićto make full
- tankowaćto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- zatankowaćto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- zapełniać sięto become full
- zapełnić sięto become full
- nabiegać łzamito become tearful as a result of strong emotion
- nabiec łzamito become tearful as a result of strong emotion
- wkurzaćto annoy
- wkurzyćto annoy
- denerwowaćto annoy
- zdenerwowaćto annoy
Portuguese encher, encher o tanque
- encherto make full
- encher o tanqueto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
Romanian umple, împlini
- umpleto make full
- împlinito make full
Russian заполня́ть, запо́лнить
- заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ)to make full
- запо́лнить (zapólnitʹ)to make full
- наполня́ть (napolnjátʹ)to make full
- напо́лнить (napólnitʹ)to make full
- заполня́ться (zapolnjátʹsja)to become full
- запо́лниться (zapólnitʹsja)to become full
- наполня́ться (napolnjátʹsja)to become full
- напо́лниться (napólnitʹsja)to become full
- насы́тить (nasýtitʹ)to satisfy hunger
- насы́титься (nasýtitʹsja)to satisfy hunger
- нае́сться (najéstʹsja)to satisfy hunger
Scottish Gaelic sàsaich, sàsaich
- sàsaichto make full
- sàsaichto satisfy hunger
Slovak naplniť, napĺňať
- naplniťto make full
- napĺňaťto make full
- naplniť sato become full
- napĺňať sato become full
- nasýtiťto satisfy hunger
Spanish llenar, repletar
- llenarto make full
- repletarto make full
- cabalearto make full
- repostarto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- tankearto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- tanquearto fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- hartarseto satisfy hunger
- repletarseto satisfy hunger
Ukrainian запо́внювати, запо́внити
- запо́внювати (zapóvnjuvaty)to make full
- запо́внити (zapóvnyty)to make full
- наповня́ти (napovnjáty)to make full
- напо́внити (napóvnyty)to make full
- заправлятися (zapravljatysja)to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- заправитися (zapravytysja)to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel
- запо́внюватися (zapóvnjuvatysja)to become full
- запо́внитися (zapóvnytysja)to become full
- напо́внюватися (napóvnjuvatysja)to become full
- напо́внитися (napóvnytysja)to become full
Cite this entry
fill up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill%20up
“fill up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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