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screen
Noun
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A screen is a flat surface for showing pictures, text or video.
The information appears on the computer screen almost right away.
I couldn't see the movie because the person in front of me was blocking the screen.
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A screen is a flat surface between two areas, often letting something in but keeping something out.
The hole in the window screen let the bugs in.
There was a screen around my hospital bed.
screen
Verb
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If you screen blood, people, information, etc., you find or block unwanted things.
They carefully screen the blood for viruses before giving it to hospitals.
He put on a hat to screen his eyes from the sun.
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If you screen a movie, a TV show, etc., you put it on a screen.
They screened the new movie for the press last week.
fill
Verb
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If you fill something, you put something in it until there is no space left.
She added some games to fill the gap in the schedule.
His eyes filled with tears as he watched her walk away.
She filled the car up with gas.
He's so mean, he just fills me with anger every time I think of him.
Suddenly, the screen was filled with light.
I fill up the dog's new dish to the top and stick it on the floor.
Instead of eating a good dinner she just fills up on bread.
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If you fill in something, you give the missing information, especially personal information on a form.
She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit.
When I got back, she filled me in on what had been happening.
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If you fill out, your body reaches its adult shape, especially women's breasts and men's shoulders.
fill
Noun
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The full amount of food or drink that a person can eat or drink.
Don't feed him any more, he's had his fill.
I've had my fill of alcohol for tonight.
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Fill is extra material, often of low quality, used to give something more volume.
They used the rocks as fill under the new house.