Synonyms for filling
ˈfɪl ɪŋfill·ing

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1. filling, fillnoun

   any material that fills a space or container

   "there was not enough fill for the trench"

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

2. fillingnoun

   flow into something (as a container)

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

3. fillingnoun

   a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

4. woof, weft, filling, picknoun

   the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

   Synonyms:
   cream, pickaxe, selection, pick, choice, plectrum, picking, woof, pickax, option, plectron, fill, weft

5. fillingnoun

   (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth

   "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

6. fillingnoun

   the act of filling something

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

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1. • Change Of Integrity
   • Concoction
   • Dental Appliance
   • Dentistry
   • Flow
   • Material
   • Yarn

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1. List of paraphrases for "filling":

   infilling, fill, filler, refilling, infill, refill, backfilling, bulking, bridging, backfill, populating, yau, completing, refuelling, populate, bridge, loading

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1. Ethiopian Water Minister Sileshi Bekele:

   We didn't agree on the filling of the dam as Egypt presented a new proposal requesting the filling to be carried out in 12-21 years. This is not acceptable. We will start the filling of the dam by July.

2. Jared Kahn:

   This was not an issue until 1923 became involved with contract negotiations with Holly last summer, this is really part of filling up her memoir.

3. Clarence Graham:

   So 'jail, no bail' gave us an opportunity to be arrested, spend the 30 days in jail without paying the money. In so doing, it would help keep the money in our treasury and not swell the treasury of the city and the county, after that, it caught on. By summer, you had kids from all over the country filling the jailhouses up.

4. A Bartlett Giamatti:

   It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains comes, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone.

5. William Butler Yeats:

   Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.