Fill and Shut

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Fill

Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.
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Shut and fill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shut" instead a verb "Fill".
Nearby Words: filled, filling, filler

Shut

Shut verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
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Fill and shut are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fill" instead a verb "Shut".
Nearby Words: shutdown, shutting

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mind fill mind shut mind
party fill party shut party
place fill place shut place
time fill time shut time
Other words: way, box, book, hole.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Horrid Henry Since someone arrives to say the water is being shut off, his mother tells him to fill up the bathtub and pots with water before it's all shut off entirely.
    Source: Literature / Horrid Henry
  • Many eccentric news pundits will feed this trope into their Chewbacca Defense generator to fill some airtime or to shut up an opponent that they couldn't defeat otherwise.
    Source: Blatant Lies / Live-Action TV
  • Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon In Lords and Ladies Granny Weatherwax tells Nanny Ogg's bratty grandson "If you don't shut up, I will personally rip your head off and fill it with snakes." The little boy is merely amused by this threat.
    Source: Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon
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