Thesaurus results for FILL (UP)

fill (up)

verb

Definition of fill (up)

as in to pass (into)

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Roaming around two floors and a terrace offering a unique view on the city’s skyline, models donned unfussy dresses conceived to marry the practical with the elegant, all infused by the founders’ color sensibility.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Florida’s Brightline has struck a restructuring agreement that will infuse the private high-speed passenger train service with $490 million in new capital while also lowering its debt.

— Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of infuse

Verb

Using sine wave generators and pink lighting so saturated it essentially blots out all other color and shadow, Young and Zazeela created a space that’s somehow both static and full of life.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
By many accounts, Glass is a friendly, obliging collaborator, and his music—fruitfully self-effacing, rarely complex enough to saturate or overwhelm the listener’s attention—behaves the same way.

— Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of saturate

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People Are Manipulated, Not Just Systems Phishing and social engineering attacks are launched against potential victims and work by imbuing fear, urgency, greed and curiosity.

— Steve Durbin, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Borobudur’s sense of spirituality still imbues the air around it.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of imbue

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The two large bathrooms had plenty of closet space and a deep soaking tub (there’s a third small powder room off the living area).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
With heavy rain soaking the region on Thursday, the National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for several rivers, including the Missouri River and locations along it.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of soak

Verb

And all of that is starting to permeate throughout the economy, showing up particularly in labor shortages and higher costs for building supplies across other industries.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Our editors were surprised to find that most of the apple ciders tasted very similar, with a hint of spice and a warm appley sweetness that permeated each sip.

— Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of permeate

Verb

Advanced blue-green optical communications penetrate the water column to communicate with submerged submarines without requiring them to deploy compromise-prone antennas.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
This radiation does not penetrate the living tissue like longer-wavelength UV radiation.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of penetrate

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