▸ fill up
1 PHRASAL VERB If you fill up or fill yourself up with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry. □ [V P + on/with ] Fill up on potatoes, bread and pasta, which are high in carbohydrate and low in fat. □ [V pron-refl P + with ] When you are happy about yourself you won't need to fill yourself up with food.
2 PHRASAL VERB A type of food that fills you up makes you feel that you have eaten a lot, even though you have only eaten a small amount. □ [V n P ] Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories.
3 → see also fill 1 , fill 2 , fill 6
fill|er /f I lə r / (fillers )
1 N‑VAR Filler is a substance used for filling cracks or holes, especially in walls, car bodies, or wood.
2 N‑COUNT You can describe something as a filler when it is being used or done because there is a need for something and nothing better is available. [INFORMAL ]
3 → see also stocking filler
fil|let /f I l I t, [AM ] f I le I / (fillets , filleting , filleted )
1 N‑VAR [oft N n] Fillet is a strip of meat, especially beef, that has no bones in it. □ …fillet of beef with shallots. □ …chicken breast fillets. □ …fillet steak.
2 N‑COUNT A fillet of fish is the side of a fish with the bones removed. □ …anchovy fillets. □ I ordered a fine fillet of salmon.
3 VERB When you fillet fish or meat, you prepare it by taking the bones out. □ [V n] Don't be afraid to ask your fishmonger to fillet flat fish.
fill|ing /f I l I ŋ/ (fillings )
1 N‑COUNT A filling is a small amount of metal or plastic that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay. □ The longer your child can go without needing a filling, the better.
2 N‑VAR The filling in something such as a cake, pie, or sandwich is a substance or mixture that is put inside it. □ Spread some of the filling over each pancake.
3 N‑VAR The filling in a piece of soft furniture or in a cushion is the soft substance inside it. □ …second-hand sofas with old-style foam fillings.
4 ADJ Food that is filling makes you feel full when you have eaten it. □ Although it is tasty, crab is very filling.
fi ll|ing sta|tion (filling stations ) N‑COUNT A filling station is a place where you can buy petrol and oil for your car. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use gas station
fil|lip /f I l I p/ (fillips ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] If someone or something gives a fillip to an activity or person, they suddenly encourage or improve them. [WRITTEN ] □ [+ to/for ] The news gave a fillip to the telecommunications sector.
fil|ly /f I li/ (fillies ) N‑COUNT A filly is a young female horse.
film ◆◆◆ /f I lm/ (films , filming , filmed )
1 N‑COUNT A film consists of moving pictures that have been recorded so that they can be shown at the cinema or on television. A film tells a story, or shows a real situation. [mainly BRIT ] □ Everything about the film was good. Good acting, good story, good fun. in AM, use movie 2 VERB If you film something, you use a camera to take moving pictures which can be shown on a screen or on television. □ [V n] He had filmed her life story. □ [V ] Considering the restrictions under which she filmed, I think she did a commendable job.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Film of something is moving pictures of a real event that are shown on television or on a screen. □ They have seen news film of families queueing in Russia to buy a loaf of bread.
4 N‑VAR A film is the narrow roll of plastic that is used in some cameras to take photographs. □ The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film.
5 N‑UNCOUNT The making of cinema films, considered as a form of art or a business, can be referred to as film or films . [mainly BRIT ] □ Film is a business with limited opportunities for actresses. □ She wanted to set up her own company to invest in films.
6 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A film of powder, liquid, or oil is a very thin layer of it. □ The sea is coated with a film of raw sewage.
7 N‑UNCOUNT [usu adj N ] Plastic film is a very thin sheet of plastic used to wrap and cover things. [BRIT ] □ Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 24 hours. in AM, use plastic wrap , Saran wrap 8 → see also clingfilm COLLOCATIONS film NOUN 1
noun + film : action, documentary, feature, horror, sci-fi, war
adjective + film : animated, classic, short
verb + film : direct, make, produce, shoot; watch
film|ic /f I lm I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Filmic means related to films. [FORMAL ] □ …a new filmic style.
film|ing /f I lm I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Filming is the activity of making a film including the acting, directing, and camera shots. □ Filming was due to start next month.
fi lm-maker (film-makers ) also filmmaker N‑COUNT A film-maker is someone involved in making films, in particular a director or producer. [mainly BRIT ]
film noir /f I lm nwɑː r / (films noir ) N‑VAR Film noir refers to a type of film or a style of film-making which shows the world as a dangerous or depressing place where many people suffer, especially because of the greed or cruelty of others. □ …a remake of the 1947 film noir classic, Kiss of Death.