Fill: v.tr. (word coming from the Latin cumulare “to pile up”).
The verb fill has several meanings:
1. Fill to the edges, completely.
Fill a measure.
Figurative phrase: to fill the measure: to commit a last action which puts an end to the patience and indulgence of others (to exaggerate, to exceed the limits, the measure).
He made up for it by not responding to my letter.
2. To fill (someone) with: to give profusely (to water, to overwhelm, to cover, to gorge).
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