filling

English Online Dictionary. What means filling‎? What does filling mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪɫɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ

Verb

filling

1. present participle and gerund of fill

Adjective

filling (comparative more filling, superlative most filling)

1. Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

   a filling meal

   • 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiv:

     We had oatmeal porridge for breakfast, which was fairly filling, but I always starved at lunch and dinner. My friend continually reasoned with me to eat meat, but I always pleaded my vow and then remained silent.

Translations

See also

• stick to one's ribs

Noun

filling (plural fillings)

1. Anything that is used to fill something.
2. The contents of a pie, etc.
3. (dentistry) Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.

   Synonym: stopping (dated)

4. The woof in woven fabrics.
5. Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
6. (Protestantism) A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer. [since late 19th or early 20th c.]
   • 1903, William Edward Biederwolf, A Help to the Study of the Holy Spirit, James H. Earle & Company (publ.), page 100.

   Synonyms: enduement, second baptism

Derived terms

• form filling, formfilling

Translations

See also

• filing

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• filing

Etymology

From English filling station.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /filiŋ/

Noun

filling

1. facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles; gas station

Swedish

Etymology

From kalsonger via the slang term kallingar, which fikonspråket ("the fig language", a Swedish version of Pig Latin) transforms into fillingar kakon.

Noun

filling c

1. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of kalsong (“(men's) underpants”)

Declension