fill

remplir

Mettre des choses dans un espace ou un récipient jusqu’à ce qu’il soit plein.

En anglais simple : To put things into a space or container until it is full.

• Please fill the glass.
• She filled her bag with clothes.
• We added an extra activity to fill the gap in the schedule.

Comment l'utiliser : fill something with something (Fill the bottle with water.)

Contraires : empty

Expressions courantes : fill a glass, fill something with, fill a gap, fill a bottle

remplir

Écrire les renseignements demandés dans les cases vides d’un formulaire.

En anglais simple : To write the information needed in the empty spaces on a form.

• Please fill in your name.
• He filled out the application yesterday.
• Have you filled in all the required details?

Comment l'utiliser : fill in/out something (Please fill in this form.); fill something in/out (She filled the application form out online.)

Synonymes : complete

Expressions courantes : fill in something, fill out something, fill in details

remplir, envahir

Entrer ou se répandre dans un lieu jusqu’à occuper presque tout l’espace disponible.

En anglais simple : To enter or spread through a place until there is little or no space left.

• Smoke filled the room.
• Hundreds of fans filled the stadium.
• The sound of children laughing filled the air.

Expressions courantes : fill the room, fill the air, fill a hall

s'étoffer

Prendre du poids ou se développer, de sorte que le corps devienne moins mince.

En anglais simple : If someone grows broader or gains weight, their body becomes less thin.

• He began to fill out at sixteen.
• Her figure filled out as she grew older.
• You have filled out since I last saw you.

Comment l'utiliser : fill out (His shoulders began to fill out as he grew older.)

Expressions courantes : fill out, begin to fill, gradually fill out

content, saoul

Quantité de nourriture, de boisson ou d’une autre expérience qui suffit à quelqu’un ou atteint sa limite.

En anglais simple : As much food, drink, or another experience as someone wants or can accept.

• Eat your fill before we leave.
• After three bowls of soup, he had his fill.
• I have had my fill of bad news this week.

Comment l'utiliser : have one’s fill of something (I have had my fill of arguments today.); eat/drink one’s fill (Everyone ate their fill at the party.)

Expressions courantes : eat your fill, have your fill, someone’s fill of

remblai, matériau de remplissage

Matériau servant à combler des espaces vides, notamment de la terre ou des pierres utilisées dans les travaux.

En anglais simple : Material used to occupy empty spaces, especially earth or stones used in building work.

• The workers brought in more fill.
• Old bricks were used as fill beneath the path.
• The foundations rest on a deep layer of compacted fill.

Synonymes : filler, backfill

Expressions courantes : use as fill, loose fill, fill material

plein

Quantité de matière ou de liquide qui remplit entièrement un récipient.

En anglais simple : An amount of material or liquid that makes a container full.

• The tank needs another fill.
• One fill of water lasts two days.
• The mixer returned for a fresh fill of concrete.

Comment l'utiliser : fill of something (The mixer returned for another fill of concrete.)

Synonymes : load, tankful

Expressions courantes : a fresh fill, another fill, fill of something

remplissage

Action de mettre de la matière ou du liquide dans un récipient ou un espace.

En anglais simple : An act of putting material or liquid into a container or area.

• Each fill takes ten seconds.
• The machine completes thirty fills per minute.
• We stopped production after an incomplete fill.

Synonymes : filling

Expressions courantes : automatic fill, fill cycle, fills per minute