Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FILL
FILL, v.i.
- To fill a cup or glass for drinking; to give to drink. In the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double. Rev. xviii.
- To grow or become full. Corn fills well in a warm season. A mill pond fills during the night.
- To glut; to satiate. To fill up, to grow or become full. The channel of the river fills up with sand, every spring.
Return to page 49 of the letter “F”.