What does filling mean?
Filling means present participle and gerund of fill.
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/ˈfɪlɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of fill.
a filling meal
We had oatmeal porridge for breakfast, which was fairly filling, but I always starved at lunch and dinner. My friend continually reasoned with me to eat meat, but I always pleaded my vow and then remained silent.
Plain and unexciting, perhaps, but they are solid, well cooked, appetising and filling, and moreover cheap.
I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.
My temporary filling fell out and got lost.
All these terms referencing the work of the Holy Spirit—coming upon, falling upon, being filled with the Holy Spirit, receiving the promise of the Father—can best be understood as synonymous with baptism in the Holy Spirit, with the key to understanding being “one baptism, many fillings.”
Other signs followed their subsequent fillings with the Holy Spirit, but the first filling was immediately followed by the speaking in other tongues.
Use filling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Filling means present participle and gerund of fill.
Common synonyms include stopping, enduement, second baptism, pick.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a filling meal
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