Fill and Release

Fill

Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.

Release is an antonym for fill in to put in and occupy the whole of topic.

Nearby Words: filled, filling, filler

Release

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

Fill is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Common collocations

time fill time release time
book fill book release book

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth The author has said that she intends to release another, larger anthology similar to that of The Bone Key when she has written enough short stories to properly fill it.
  • Anime / Castle in the Sky A 2010 re-release of the film replaced the re-scored soundtrack with the original and also removed some of the additional chatter added to the dub (again to fill-in some of the more silent moments).
  • Western Animation / Drawn Together Clumsy Copyright Censorship: When the show was forbidden from using "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" on the DVD release, a quick parody version was produced to fill the space and Lampshade that fact.
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