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Does fill mean full?

ebee
If I fill something does that mean simply getting some substance and putting it into a container i.e a cup of water into an empty sink or does it usually mean filling such sink to the top?

In other words however many (or few) cupsfull are poured in it is filling or is it only a filling action if totally filled at the end of the procedure?
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    Full is not brimming full.


    Andy B.
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    Fill is a verb and Full is an adjective


    Legh
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    OK to put it another way then.

    "do not fill with xxx" does that mean do not put any xxx in or alternatively does it mean put some in so long as you do not fill it up to/near the top with xxx
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    "Minister, I am afraid that the Americans wont share the military intelligence with us"


    WHY NOT


    "They say that our foreign office is full of poofs and traitors"


    NO IT IS NOT, WELL NOT QUITE FULL.


    (Relying on my imperfect memory, from "yes prime minister")
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    And yes, in practice an instruction along the lines of "do not fill with ABC" Should in general be taken as including "do not partially fill with ABC either" As an example I have an oil lamp that is marked "do not fill with petrol" I suspect that partially filing an oil lamp with petrol is as dangerous as completely filling to the top.
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    Legh Richardson:

    Fill is a verb and Full is an adjective


    Legh




     Filled or brimming full.


    Filled or filled to the brim.

    verb

    past tense: filled; past participle: filled

    1. 1. 

      cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

      "I filled up the bottle with water"




    Glass half full or half empty?

     

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    broadgage:

    And yes, in practice an instruction along the lines of "do not fill with ABC" Should in general be taken as including "do not partially fill with ABC either" As an example I have an oil lamp that is marked "do not fill with petrol" I suspect that partially filing an oil lamp with petrol is as dangerous as completely filling to the top.




     

    More so.


    What have you been filling Ebee, a towel rail with an electric heater in it?


    Andy B.
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    You might be reading a translation from Chinese to English where the meaning of the original text turns into something completely different, if understandable.........


    Regards


    B#D

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    ebee:

    OK to put it another way then.

    "do not fill with xxx" does that mean do not put any xxx in or alternatively does it mean put some in so long as you do not fill it up to/near the top with xxx




     

    I would go with do not put any xxx in.


    Andy B.
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    Lol .... A tooth is filled full with filling.


    We're on our way to the Savery Palace Viral Club !


    Legh

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