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Collocations for fill - noun

Fill is used before these nouns:
dirt

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Collocations for fill - verb

ADVERB

fast, quickly, rapidly
At the moment, most reservoirs are filling fast.
suddenly
gradually, slowly
partially
immediately, instantly
completely, entirely
up

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VERB + fill

begin to
The sails began to fill.
seem to
He seemed to fill the room with his presence.

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PREPOSITION

with
Fill the bucket with water.

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PHRASES

be filled to capacity
The school is filled to capacity—we simply can't take any more students.
be filled to the brim (with sth)
The drawers were all filled to the brim.

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Fill is used with these nouns as the subject:
aroma, boat, disappointment, dust, excitement, fragrance, light, lung, mist, music, panic, perfume, rage, roar, sadness, sail, scent, sensation, silence, smell, smoke, sound, sunlight

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Fill is used with these nouns as the object:
air, auditorium, bag, barrel, basket, bath, beaker, belly, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, can, closet, container, crack, cup, ear, flask, freezer, fridge, gap, glass, hall, hallway, heart, hole, jar, jug, kettle, larder, lung, meter, mind, mould, mouth, mug, need, niche, nostril, notebook, opening, order, page, pail, pipe, pitcher, pocket, pond, pool, position, post, pot, prescription, quota, radiator, rank, refrigerator, role, room, roster, sack, sail, screen, seat, shelf, shortage, silence, sink, sky, skyline, space, square, stadium, stench, stocking, street, syringe, tank, tooth, tub, vacancy, vacuum, valley, vessel, vision, void, whole

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