Fill and Shape

Fill

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

Shape and fill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shape" instead a verb "Fill".

Nearby Words: filled, filling, filler

Shape

Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

Fill and shape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fill" instead a verb "Shape".

Nearby Words: shaped, shapeless, shapely, shaping

Common collocations

mind fill mind shape mind
purpose fill purpose shape purpose
part fill part shape part
body fill body shape body
Other words: rest, way, world, head, glass.

Both words in one sentence

  • Blank Book The book also lets her know about her mother's impending death in childbirth by displaying a blood splotch that takes the shape of a womb before spreading to fill the entire page.
    Source: Blank Book
  • Video Game / Terraria Smelt the Sand into Glass, shape it into Mugs with a Stone Furnace, and then fill them at the Keg, spin the webs into Silk with the Loom, and craft some Torches with the wood and Gel by hand.
  • In Rosario + Vampire, Jerry Jewell plays a bat named Nazo "Kou" Koumori who pops up during random intervals to fill the audience in on information, and who also happens to be Kokoa Shuzen's sidekick and shape-shifting weapon of choice.
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