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# filling

noun (a filling, fillings); verb form (-ing form of fill: fill, fills, filled, filling); adjective (filling)

«filling» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) A filling is the food inside a pie, sandwich, cake or pastry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#m1)
2. (noun) A filling is the material a dentist puts into a hole in a tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#m2)
3. (noun) Filling is also the soft material inside cushions, pillows and toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#m3)
4. (adjective) Filling food makes you feel full quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#m4)
5. (verb) Filling is the -ing form of «fill»: putting something into a container until it is full. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it appears with food and the dentist. In maths problems about capacity, filling tanks, jugs and baths is a common topic: rates like «filling at 5 litres a minute». Phrases: sandwich filling, a filling at the dentist, filling up, filling in a form.

### Examples

- My favourite sandwich filling is cheese and pickle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x1)
- I had a filling at the dentist because I ate too many sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x2)
- Porridge is very filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x3)
- She is filling the bath with warm water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x4)
- The teddy's filling came out of a hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x5)
- A tap filling a tank at 5 litres per minute fills 60 litres in 12 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x6)
- Please finish filling in your form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x7)
- He found there a little old woman busily occupied in filling great barrels with water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: a filling, fillings. «Fill in» (UK) / «fill out» (US) a form = write answers in it. In maths: time to fill = capacity ÷ rate (60 ÷ 5 = 12 minutes).

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life it appears with food and the dentist. In maths problems about capacity, filling tanks, jugs and baths is a common topic: rates like «filling at 5 litres a minute». Phrases: sandwich filling, a filling at the dentist, filling up, filling in a form.

### Examples

- It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh. (Writings JOB.20.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filling/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun: a filling, fillings. «Fill in» (UK) / «fill out» (US) a form = write answers in it. In maths: time to fill = capacity ÷ rate (60 ÷ 5 = 12 minutes).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «filling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«filling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/filling.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «filling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«filling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/filling.html) on Mova free.