Verb | 1. | ![]() alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" clutter, clutter up - fill a space in a disorderly way overload, clog - fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" brim - fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship" stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers" populate - fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" top off - fill to the point of almost overflowing; "She topped off the cup" heap - fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes" overfill - fill beyond capacity; "overfill the baskets" ink - fill with ink; "ink a pen" fill again, refill, replenish - fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" prime - fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine" line - fill plentifully; "line one's pockets" complete - bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family" impregnate, saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" impregnate, tincture, infuse, instill - fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" electrify - charge (a conductor) with electricity surcharge - fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension" load, charge - provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" deluge, flood, inundate, swamp - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" pack - fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house" |