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filled away

filled away is the simple past and past participle of fill away.

Meaning of fill away

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

Questions about filled away

What is filled away the simple past and past participle of?
Filled away is the simple past and past participle of fill away.

Words near filled away in the dictionary

  1. fille de joie
  2. fille fatale
  3. fillebeg
  4. fillebegs
  5. filled
  6. filled away
  7. filled cheese
  8. filled cheeses
  9. filled gold
  10. filled in
  11. filled in the blank

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