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gill | fill |

In transitive terms the difference between gill and fill

is that gill is to catch (a fish) in a gillnet while fill is to fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

In intransitive terms the difference between gill and fill

is that gill is to be or become entangled in a gillnet while fill is to become pervaded with something.

As nouns the difference between gill and fill

is that gill is a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals while fill is a sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

As verbs the difference between gill and fill

is that gill is to remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it while fill is to occupy fully, to take up all of.

As proper nouns the difference between gill and fill

is that gill is {{surname|from=given names} while Fill is {{surname|from=given names}.

gill

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (animal anatomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
  • * Ray
    • Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills .
  • (of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.
    • Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills .
  • (mycology) One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne.
  • (animal anatomy) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
  • (figuratively) The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • (spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
    • Synonyms
    * (mycology) lamella
    Derived terms
    * green about the gills * to the gills
    See also
    * lung

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
  • * 2014 , Scott Tippett, Polaris (ISBN 1304268179), page 99:
    • She gutted and gilled the fish, then scaled it.
  • (lb) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
  • * 1898 , Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor , page 255:
    • Owing to the peculiar shape of the pompano and the relatively large mesh in the pompano gill nets, the fish are not caught by being actually gilled .
  • * 1971 , Michael Culley, ?G. A. Kerkut, The Pilchard: Biology and Exploitation (ISBN 1483186784), page 70:
    • In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled . The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port.
  • * 1994 , G.D. Pickett, ?M.G. Pawson, Sea Bass: Biology (ISBN 0412400901), page 177:
    • The intention is to gill the fish, so they are usually scared into the net by rowing one boat into the middle of the net circle and banging the oars on the boat bottom or splashing the water.
  • (lb) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
  • * 2010 , Edward A. Perrine, Midnight Tracy (ISBN 0557472334), page 147:
    • Also, when fish gilled there wasn't as much extra twine to tangle in, so they were easier to release from the net.
    Quotations
    * 1948 , Oliver Hazard Perry Rodman, The Saltwater Fisherman's Favorite Four , page 166: *: As we had fish home in the icebox, when Bill led the fish up alongside, I leaned over the combing, gilled the fish with my fingers, slid out the hook and let go. The bass lay there for a moment, tired from the arch of the rod and the pull of the line.
    References
    * Walter Koelz, Fishing industry of the Great Lakes (1926), page 556: Since the fine threads of the net usually are caught under the gill covers of the fish they are said to be "gilled."

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drink measure for spirits and wine. Size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint.
  • (archaic, British) A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) rivulet
  • (British) ravine

    • Etymology 4

    Etymology uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

    • Etymology 5

    Alternative forms

    * gill

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A leech.
    • (Jamieson)
    ----

    fill

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  • * (Tobias Smollett), translator, (Don Quixote) , part 2, book 5, chapter 4:
  • * (Charles Dickens), , chapter 38:
    • And now that I have given the one chapter to the theme that so filled my heart, and so often made it ache and ache again, I pass on, unhindered, to the event that had impended over me longer yet.
  • (label) To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
  • * 1950 , , The Bachelors of Broken Hill , chapter 11:
    • She continued to frown as she filled Bony's cup and added brandy to her own.
  • * 2005 , (Wendy Coakley-Thompson), , 2006 edition, ISBN 0758207484, page 10 [http://google.com/books?id=D8d9M2Lhe3IC&pg=PA10&dq=fill]:
    • She forgave him the pain as he filled' the cavity in her back molar. Three weeks later, she let him ' fill a more intimate cavity.
  • * 2006 , (Gilbert Morris), Sante Fe Woman , , page 95 [http://google.com/books?id=LepY_wtPjvIC&pg=PA95&dq=%22filled+his+plate%22]:
    • Grat Herendeen was the first man, a huge man with his bull whip coiled and over his shoulder seeming almost a part of him. He grinned at her as she filled his plate with the eggs and motioned toward the bacon. "Help yourself, Grat."
  • To enter (something), making it full.
  • * 1910 May 13, John C. Sherwin, opinion, Delashmutt et al. ''v.'' et al.'', reprinted in volume 126, ''(North Western Reporter) , page 359, at 360:
    • In the evening of the 14th of July, there was a rainfall of 3 or 3½ inches in that locality. The water filled the ditch so full that it overflowed the levees on both sides in many places.
  • * 2004 , Peter Westen, The Logic of Consent , , ISBN 0754624072, page 322 [http://google.com/books?id=17bAKRvHBkcC&pg=PA322&dq=%22as+the+crowd+filled%22]:
    • As the crowd filled the aisles, S repeated loudly what he had announced upon entering the stadium: 'I don't want anyone to touch me, and I will call the police if anyone does.'
  • (label) To become full.
  • (label) To become pervaded with something.
  • (label) To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
  • (label) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  • * 1866 , , The Negro , pages 18–19 [http://google.com/books?id=E0N-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=filled]:
    • It is impossible to resist the conclusion, which experience and history tend to prove, that, the continuous movement of such a vast body of mankind has been influenced by natural laws, that, the negro has filled the position for which he is fitted by nature, and, that, his services were brought into use when the emergency arose necessitating his employment.
  • * 1891 January 23, Allen Morse, opinion, Lawrence ''v.'' Hanley'', reprinted in volume 47, ''Northwestern Reporter , page 753, at 755:
    • The board of supervisors called a specal(SIC) election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
  • (label) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  • * "Intimate Diagnosis of Diseased Teeth", in Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science and Literature , volume 13, number 11, November 1891, page 657 [http://google.com/books?id=eS21AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA657&dq=%22filled+the+molar%22]:
    • Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.
  • (label) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
  • * Bible, Matthew xv. 33
    • Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Things that are sweet and fat are more filling .
  • To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
    • Synonyms
    * pervade
    Antonyms
    * (add contents to a container or cavity) empty * (to become full) empty
    Derived terms
    {{der3, backfill , filler , fill in , filling , filling station , fill in the blank , fill one's face , fill one's hand , fill out , fill someone's shoes , fill the bill , fill up , refill}}
    Related terms
    * full * fulfil, fulfill

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
    • Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill .
  • An amount that fills a container.
    • ''The mixer returned to the plant for another fill .
  • The filling of a container or area.
    • That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
    This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills .
  • Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
    • The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
  • (label) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
    • Derived terms
    {{der3, , fill soil , , flood fill , landfill , , seed fill}}

    Etymology 3

    See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
    • (Mortimer)
  • * 2008 , Martha E. Green, Pioneers in Pith Helmets
    • It was a challenge to learn to harness him, guide him slowly back between the fills of the carriage, then to fasten the right buckles and snaps, making the harness and buggy all ready for travel to church or to town.
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