cram vs fill

cram

verb
  • To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. 

  • To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. 

  • To study hard; to swot. 

  • To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself. 

  • To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination. 

noun
  • A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. 

  • Information hastily memorized. 

  • A small friendship book with limited space for people to enter their information. 

  • The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). 

  • A mathematical board game in which players take turns placing dominoes horizontally or vertically until no more can be placed, the loser being the player who cannot continue. 

fill

verb
  • To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. 

  • To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it. 

  • To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement). 

  • To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. 

  • To become full. 

  • To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy. 

  • To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails. 

  • To enter (something), making it full. 

  • To occupy fully, to take up all of. 

  • To become pervaded with something. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with (a female). 

noun
  • An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. 

  • Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil. 

  • An amount that fills a container. 

  • A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody. 

  • The filling of a container or area. 

  • A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. 

  • Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction. 

  • bass fill 

  • One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. 

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