filling

English

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

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• 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.

   • 1964 April, “Letters: London stations—a consumers' guide”, in Modern Railways, page 274:

     Plain and unexciting, perhaps, but they are solid, well cooked, appetising and filling, and moreover cheap.

Translations

of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach

• Afrikaans: vullend
• Bulgarian: засищащ (bg) (zasištašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 管飽 / 管饱 (guǎnbǎo), 耐吃 (nàichī) (colloquial)

• Czech: sytý (cs)
• Danish: mættende
• Esperanto: satiga
• Finnish: täyttävä (fi)
• French: consistant (fr) m
• Georgian: ნოყიერი (noq̇ieri)
• German: sättigend (de), mächtig (de)
• Greek: χορταστικός (el) m (chortastikós)
• Hebrew: ממלא (he) m (memalé)
• Hungarian: laktató (hu)
• Polish: syty (pl) m
• Russian: сы́тный (ru) (sýtnyj)
• Slovak: sýty
• Swahili: muhu (sw)
• Swedish: mättande (sv)
• Turkish: doyurucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: си́тний m (sýtnyj), тривни́й m (tryvnýj), тривки́й (tryvkýj)

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)

   I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.

   My temporary filling fell out and got lost.

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.

     As learned Dr. Hodge has reminded us, any impartation of the Holy Spirit is a baptism, and certainly, apart from biblical phraseology, a filling with the Spirit may be called a baptism with the Spirit.

   • 2011, Raymond F. Culpepper, Understanding the Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Pathway Press, page 33:

     All these terms referencing the work of the Holy Spirit—coming upon, falling upon, being filled with the Holy Spirit, receiving the promise of the Father—can best be understood as synonymous with baptism in the Holy Spirit, with the key to understanding being “one baptism, many fillings.”

   • 2016, Zacharias Tanee Fomum, You Can Receive The Baptism Into The Holy Spirit Now, self-published:

     Other signs followed their subsequent fillings with the Holy Spirit, but the first filling was immediately followed by the speaking in other tongues.

   Synonyms: enduement, second baptism

Derived terms

• form filling, formfilling

Translations

anything used to fill something

• Afrikaans: stopsel
• Bulgarian: пълнеж (bg) m (pǎlnež)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 填充 (zh) (tiánchōng)

• Danish: fyldning c
• Esperanto: remburaĵo, ŝtopaĵo
• Finnish: täyte (fi)
• Galician: recheo (gl) m
• German: Füllung (de) f
• Greek: γέμιση (el) f (gémisi), γόμωση (el) f (gómosi)
• Polish: wypełnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: enchimento m
• Russian: наполне́ние (ru) n (napolnénije)
• Slovak: výplň
• Swahili: muhu (sw)
• Swedish: fyllning (sv) c
• Thai: ไส้ (th) (sâi)

contents of a pie, etc.

• Afrikaans: vulsel
• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: حشو m (ḥašw)

• Bulgarian: плънка f (plǎnka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 餡 / 馅 (haam^6-2), 餡心 / 馅心 (haam^6-2 sam¹), 批心 (pai¹ sam¹)

  Mandarin: 餡 / 馅 (zh) (xiàn), 餡兒 / 馅儿 (zh) (xiànr)

• Danish: fyld n
• Finnish: täyte (fi)
• French: farce (fr) f
• German: Füllung (de) f
• Greek: γέμιση (el) f (gémisi)
• Hungarian: töltelék (hu)
• Italian: ripieno (it) m
• Latin: fartum n
• Polish: nadzienie (pl) n, farsz (pl) m
• Portuguese: recheio (pt) m
• Russian: начи́нка (ru) f (načínka)
• Slovak: plnka
• Swahili: muhu (sw)
• Swedish: fyllning (sv) c
• Thai: ไส้ (th) (sâi)
• Turkish: iç (tr)

in dentistry

• Afrikaans: stopsel
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can

  Egyptian Arabic: حشو (ḥašw)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: пломба (bg) f (plomba)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 充填 (zh) (chōngtián)

• Czech: výplň f, plomba f
• Danish: plombe c, fyldning c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: paikka (fi)
• French: plombage (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Füllung (de) f
• Greek: σφράγισμα (el) n (sfrágisma)
• Hebrew: סתימה f (stimá)
• Hungarian: tömés (hu), fogtömés (hu)
• Italian: impiombatura (it) f, otturazione (it) f
• Japanese: 充填 (ja) (じゅうてん, jūten)
• Macedonian: пломба f (plomba)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: plombe m

  Nynorsk: plombe m

• Persian: پر کردن (fa) (por kardan)
• Polish: plomba (pl) f
• Portuguese: obturação f, chumbo (pt) m
• Romanian: plombă (ro) f
• Russian: пло́мба (ru) f (plómba)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пломба f

  Roman: plomba (sh) f

• Slovak: plomba
• Spanish: empaste (es) m, tapadura f, relleno (es) m
• Swahili: muhu (sw)
• Swedish: fyllning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pasta
• Thai: ยาอุดฟัน
• Turkish: dolgu (tr)
• Volapük: plumbafulükot

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

Declension of filling

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	filling	fillings
	definite	fillingen	fillingens
plural	indefinite	fillingar	fillingars
	definite	fillingarna	fillingarnas