filling vs shim

filling

noun
  • Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material. 

  • A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer. 

  • The woof in woven fabrics. 

  • The contents of a pie, etc. 

  • Anything that is used to fill something. 

  • Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. 

adj
  • Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach. 

shim

noun
  • A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support. 

  • A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes. 

  • A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds. 

  • A small metal device used to pick open a lock. 

  • A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite. 

  • A wedge. 

  • A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite. 

verb
  • To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery. 

  • To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose. 

  • To adjust something by using shims. 

  • To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes. 

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