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fill away

fill away verb: let the wind fill the sails of a sailing ship and start sailing.

Verb

fill away (third-person singular simple present fills away, present participle filling away, simple past and past participle filled away)

  1. Let the wind fill the sails of a sailing ship and start sailing.
    • It was just dinner-time when we filled away; and the steward, taking a few bunches of onions for the cabin, gave the rest to us, with a bottle of vinegar.1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC
    • "It appears that you have used the boat without authority, and permitted her to be taken from you by a parcel of boys. I will see you at my house this evening. You may fill away, Ernest , if you are ready."1868, Oliver Optic, Breaking Away: Or, The Fortunes of a Student, page 286

Forms of fill away

third-person singular presentfills away
present participlefilling away
past participlefilled away
pastfilled away

Questions about fill away

What does fill away mean?
Fill away means let the wind fill the sails of a sailing ship and start sailing.
What part of speech is fill away?
Fill away is a verb.
What is the past tense of fill away?
The past tense of fill away is filled away.

Words near fill away in the dictionary

  1. filksinging
  2. filksings
  3. fill
  4. fill and flee
  5. fill and fly
  6. fill away
  7. fill dirt
  8. fill in
  9. fill in the blank
  10. fill in the blanks
  11. fill kill

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