Word Study
refill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun refill has 2 senses
- refill(n = noun.artifact) Array - a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" is a kind of ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine
- refill(n = noun.artifact) Array - a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook" is a kind of merchandise, product, ware
Verb refill has 1 sense
- refill(v = verb.change) fill again, replenish - fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Derived form noun refilling1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
refill, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 fill again.
2 provide a new filling for.
--n.
1 a new filling.
2 the material for this.
--v.tr.
1 fill again.
2 provide a new filling for.
--n.
1 a new filling.
2 the material for this.
Derivative
refillable adj.
THESAURUS
refill
accomplish, bring to completion, bring to fruition, complete, eke out, fill in, fill out, fulfill, give back, make good, make up, mature, piece out, place in, put back, reactivate, reconstitute, reconvert, recruit, reenact, reestablish, reform, rehabilitate, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, replace, replenish, restore, return, revest, round out, top off
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