re·fill
(ˌ)rē-ˈfil 
refilled; refilling; refills
: to fill again : replenish
: to become filled again
1
: a product or a container and a product used to refill the exhausted supply of a device
2
: something provided again
especially
: a second or later filling of a medical prescription
Examples of refill in a Sentence
Verb
He refilled his glass from the nearby pitcher.
The reservoir will refill once it begins raining.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
Editor Tip: The glass jar can be refilled with separate tubs of product, saving you some bucks.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 June 2024
Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
America is ice-water and free refills at restaurants and rock ’n’ roll and blue jeans and the A-10 Thunderbolt.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2024
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Verb
After 14 long minutes, she was allowed to join Thomas and the rest of her crew, who helped her change shoes, refill her water bottles and drop cubes of ice inside her singlet.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
Editor Tip: The glass jar can be refilled with separate tubs of product, saving you some bucks.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 June 2024
Noun
In Fort Bend County, emergency medical services is providing oxygen refills, electricity to power oxygen concentrators and rides to cooling centers.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
America is ice-water and free refills at restaurants and rock ’n’ roll and blue jeans and the A-10 Thunderbolt.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2024
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“Refill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refill. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
refill
2 of 2 noun
re·fill
ˈrē-ˌfil
: a new or fresh supply of something
a refill for a ball-point pen
Medical Definition
refill
1 of 2 transitive verb
re·fill
(ˈ)rē-ˈfil
: to fill (a prescription) a second or subsequent time
refill
2 of 2 noun
re·fill
ˈrē-ˌfil
1
: a replacement in a cavity of removed liquid or other material or a substitution (as of gas) for such material
pneumothorax refill
2
: a prescription compounded and dispensed for a second or subsequent time without an order from the physician
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