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# refill

verb (refill, refills, refilled, refilling); noun (a refill, refills)

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

## Everyday

1. To refill something is to fill it again after it has become empty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#m1)
2. A refill is a second filling, like another cup of a drink, or a new supply that goes into something, like ink for a pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life we refill water bottles, which saves plastic, and cafés may offer free refills. In maths problems about capacity, refilling means adding the same amount again. Phrases: «refill your bottle», «free refills», «refill the tank», «ink refill».

### Examples

- Refill your water bottle before the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x1)
- Can I have a refill of juice, please? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x2)
- Dad refilled the car with petrol. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x3)
- This pen takes ink refills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x4)
- Refilling a bottle is better than buying a new plastic one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x5)
- The bird feeder needs refilling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x6)
- The Peddler retraced his steps and refilled his panniers with a larger quantity of salt than before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refill/#x7)

### Note

Stress: verb re-FILL, noun RE-fill. Past: «refilled» (double l). The prefix «re-» means «again» (redo, rewrite, refill). In maths: a 2-litre jug refilled 3 times pours 6 litres in all.

## On Mova

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