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infill

infill verb: to fill in a space, hole or gap. Also the alternative form of infil.

Verb

infill (third-person singular simple present infills, present participle infilling, simple past and past participle infilled)

  1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
    • Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.2011, Andrew Haslam, Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques
  2. (urban studies) To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

Noun

infill (countable and uncountable, plural infills)

  1. That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
    • Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry with infill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."2020 July 15, “Rail freight sector demands Government commitment”, in Rail, page 10
  2. The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.

Also used as

infill is also the alternative form of infil.

Forms of infill

Verb
third-person singular presentinfills
present participleinfilling
past participleinfilled
pastinfilled
Noun
pluralinfills

Past tense of infill: infilled

Origin of infill

From in + fill.

Clipping.

Words formed from infill

Questions about infill

What does infill mean?
Infill means to fill in a space, hole or gap.
What part of speech is infill?
Infill can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of infill?
The past tense of infill is infilled.

Words near infill in the dictionary

  1. infil
  2. infile
  3. infiled
  4. infiles
  5. infiling
  6. infill
  7. infilled
  8. infiller
  9. infillers
  10. infilling
  11. infillings

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