Filling

Definition of filling:

part of speech: participle

Satisfying.

part of speech: noun

Materials used for occupying some vacant space, for completing some structure, stopping up a hole, or the like; sometimes applied to the weft of a web; the woof.

part of speech: adjective

Calculated to fill; satisfy, or satiate; as, a filling diet. " Things that are sweet and fat are more filling."- Bacon.

part of speech: adjective

Occupying the whole space; satisfying.

part of speech: noun

Something that fills a vacant space.

Usage examples for filling:

• Iris exclaimed, her beautiful eyes filling with tears. "The Diamond Pin", Carolyn Wells.

• I told her the whole truth: that there was some one else- not free; that no one could take the place of this other was filling at the moment, and would always fill. "The-Choir-Invisible", Allen, James Lane.

• The room was filling up. "April Hopes", William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009.

• By the way, if we should nominate him, how should we save ourselves the chance of filling his vacancy in the court? "The Life of Lyman Trumbull", Horace White.