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fills away

fills away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is fills away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fills away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fill away.

Words near fills away in the dictionary

  1. Fillpot
  2. Fillpots
  3. fillrate
  4. fillrates
  5. fills
  6. fills away
  7. fills in
  8. fills in the blank
  9. fills in the blanks
  10. fills one's boots
  11. fills one's face

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