fill – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fill

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fill sth out
Participle: filled sth out
Gerund: filling sth out

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of fill

Indicative

Present

Ifill sth out
youfill sth out
he;she;itfills sth out
wefill sth out
youfill sth out
theyfill sth out

Perfect

Ihave filled sth out
youhave filled sth out
he;she;ithas filled sth out
wehave filled sth out
youhave filled sth out
theyhave filled sth out

Past

Ifilled sth out
youfilled sth out
he;she;itfilled sth out
wefilled sth out
youfilled sth out
theyfilled sth out

Pluperfect

Ihad filled sth out
youhad filled sth out
he;she;ithad filled sth out
wehad filled sth out
youhad filled sth out
theyhad filled sth out

Future

Iwill fill sth out
youwill fill sth out
he;she;itwill fill sth out
wewill fill sth out
youwill fill sth out
theywill fill sth out

Future Perfect

Iwill have filled sth out
youwill have filled sth out
he;she;itwill have filled sth out
wewill have filled sth out
youwill have filled sth out
theywill have filled sth out

Subjunctive

Present

Ifill sth out
youfill sth out
he;she;itfill sth out
wefill sth out
youfill sth out
theyfill sth out

Perfect

Ihave filled sth out
youhave filled sth out
he;she;ithave filled sth out
wehave filled sth out
youhave filled sth out
theyhave filled sth out

Imperfect

Ifilled sth out
youfilled sth out
he;she;itfilled sth out
wefilled sth out
youfilled sth out
theyfilled sth out

Pluperfect

Ihad filled sth out
youhad filled sth out
he;she;ithad filled sth out
wehad filled sth out
youhad filled sth out
theyhad filled sth out

Conditional

Present

Iwould fill sth out
youwould fill sth out
he;she;itwould fill sth out
wewould fill sth out
youwould fill sth out
theywould fill sth out

Perfect

Iwould have filled sth out
youwould have filled sth out
he;she;itwould have filled sth out
wewould have filled sth out
youwould have filled sth out
theywould have filled sth out

Imperative

youfill sth out
weLet's fill sth out
youfill sth out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam filling sth out
youare filling sth out
he;she;itis filling sth out
weare filling sth out
youare filling sth out
theyare filling sth out

Perfect

Ihave been filling sth out
youhave been filling sth out
he;she;ithas been filling sth out
wehave been filling sth out
youhave been filling sth out
theyhave been filling sth out

Past

Iwas filling sth out
youwere filling sth out
he;she;itwas filling sth out
wewere filling sth out
youwere filling sth out
theywere filling sth out

Pluperfect

Ihad been filling sth out
youhad been filling sth out
he;she;ithad been filling sth out
wehad been filling sth out
youhad been filling sth out
theyhad been filling sth out

Future

Iwill be filling sth out
youwill be filling sth out
he;she;itwill be filling sth out
wewill be filling sth out
youwill be filling sth out
theywill be filling sth out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been filling sth out
youwill have been filling sth out
he;she;itwill have been filling sth out
wewill have been filling sth out
youwill have been filling sth out
theywill have been filling sth out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be filling sth out
youwould be filling sth out
he;she;itwould be filling sth out
wewould be filling sth out
youwould be filling sth out
theywould be filling sth out

Perfect

Iwould have been filling sth out
youwould have been filling sth out
he;she;itwould have been filling sth out
wewould have been filling sth out
youwould have been filling sth out
theywould have been filling sth out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fill'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'fill'

bill, dill, fall, fell, file, filk, film, frill, full, gill,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

have sexual intercourse with a female
copulate with
supply
execute, discharge, perform, fulfil
occupy
pervade, permeate, distend, overflow
choose
find, appoint, name, elect, nominate

Antonyms

supply
exhaust, expend, consume, waste
choose
reject, discard, dismiss

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. fyllan, from P.Gmc. *fullijan (cf. O.S. fulljan, O.N. fylla, O.Fris. fella, Du. vullen, Ger. füllen "to fill"), a derivative of adj. *fullaz "full." The related noun meaning "a full supply" is M.E. fille, from O.E. fylle. To fill the bill (1882) was originally U.S. theatrical slang, in reference to a star whose name would be the only one on a show's poster.
2. From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
3. Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”) See: Middle English 'fillen', Old English 'fyllan', Proto-Germanic '*fullijaną', Low Saxon 'füllen', Dutch 'vullen', German, old spelling 'füllen', Danish 'fylde', Swedish 'fylla', Icelandic 'fylla'.

Verbs referencing "fill"

German, Pennsylvania fille, German, old spelling füllen, Low Saxon füllen, Swedish fylla, Danish fylde, Luxembourgish fëllen, Sanskrit पृणाति, Cimbrian vüllan.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] I have already made allusion, has depicted in the same great work, a chamber of almost interminable perspective, furnished, as Mr. Robins would say, in a style of more than Eastern splendour, and filled (but not inconveniently so ) with groups of ladies and gentlemen, in the very highest state of enjoyment and vivacity. Before descending into the bowels of the ship, we had passed from the deck [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] wharf, gazing with a kind of ‘dread delight ’ on the far-famed fast American steamer; and one party of men were ‘taking in the milk, ’ or, in other words, getting the cow on board; and another were filling the icehouses to the very throat with fresh provisions; with butchers’-meat and garden-stuff, pale sucking-pigs, calves ’ heads in scores, beef, veal, and pork, and poultry out of all proportion; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the melancholy sighing of the wind through block, and rope, and chain; the gleaming forth of light from every crevice, nook, and tiny piece of glass about the decks, as though the ship were filled with fire in hiding, ready to burst through any outlet, wild with its resistless power of death and ruin. At first, too, and even when the hour, and all the objects it exalts, have come to be [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The room was soon filled with a motley assemblage, from the old gray-headed patriarch of eighty, to the young girl and lad of fifteen. A little harmless gossip ensued on various themes, such as where old Aunt Sally got her [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary barrier to the descending ice, which lodged, and formed a great, undulating raft, filling up the whole river, and extending almost to the Kentucky shore. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The great difference in appearance between these packets and ours, is, that there is so much of them out of the water: the main-deck being enclosed on all sides, and filled with casks and goods, like any second or third floor in a stack of warehouses; and the promenade or hurricane-deck being a-top of that again. A part of the machinery is always above this deck; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The terrible crowd with which these halls and galleries were filled, so shocked me, that I abridged my stay within the shortest limits, and declined to see that portion of the building in which the refractory and violent were under closer restraint. I have no doubt [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a comic actor of great quiet humour and originality, who is well remembered and esteemed by London playgoers. I am happy to report of this deserving gentleman, that his benches are usually well filled, and that his theatre rings with merriment every night. I had almost forgotten a small summer theatre, called Niblo 's, with gardens and open air amusements attached; but I believe it is not exempt [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] The institution exists, perhaps, in its least repulsive and most mitigated form in such a town as this; but it is slavery; and though I was, with respect to it, an innocent man, its presence filled me with a sense of shame and self-reproach. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the comprehensive jaws of America. In this form, the weed looks like the oil-cake on which we fatten cattle; and even without reference to its consequences, is sufficiently uninviting. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • "Slips away in love's embrace" " Only you fill my heart for infinity " " Your name is Miss Nobility " (Magudam)