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filling one's face

filling one's face is the present participle and gerund of fill one's face.

Meaning of fill one's face

Verb

fill one's face (third-person singular simple present fills one's face, present participle filling one's face, simple past and past participle filled one's face)

  1. (idiomatic) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
    • Today is the last day to fill your faces with fare from Taste of the Town, at Town Center at Boca Raton.1994 April 22, A. D. Burch, “Gardens, Boynton Show Students's Art”, in Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, retrieved 13 Oct 2013, page 8
    Synonyms:
    feed one's face, gorge oneself, stuff oneself

Questions about filling one's face

What is filling one's face the present participle and gerund of?
Filling one's face is the present participle and gerund of fill one's face.

Words near filling one's face in the dictionary

  1. filling gases
  2. filling in
  3. filling in the blank
  4. filling in the blanks
  5. filling one's boots
  6. filling one's face
  7. filling one's hand
  8. filling one's pants
  9. filling out
  10. filling site
  11. filling someone's boots

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