unfill

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verb

To empty.

OriginEnglish fill ← Middle English fillen ← Old English fyllan →
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Meanings

verbunfill (third-person singular simple present unfills, present participle unfilling, simple past and past participle unfilled)

present singular third person unfills · participle present unfilling · participle past unfilled · past unfilled

  1. transitiveTo empty.

    I'll pierce him to his face; he shall die looking upon me. Thy veins are swell'd with lust; this shall unfill 'em.

    1606, Thomas Middleton, The Revenger's Tragedy, act ii, scene 2
    1 more example

    But with today's fewer and more crowded flights, it's on the upswing again—a flight is overbooked (oversold) and the airline must find volunteers to not fly. The compensation varies by how desperate they are to unfill the plane […]

    2017, Peter Sander, Free Stuff Guide for Everyone Book

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  11. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  12. Proto-Germanic*fullijaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*fullijan
  14. Old Englishfyllan
  15. Middle Englishfillen
  16. Englishfill
  17. Englishunfill

From un- + fill.

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APA

unfill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfill

MLA

“unfill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfill.

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