What is the difference between fulfill and fill? In the following example, do they have the same meaning? I'll fill the form tomorrow. I'll fulfill the form tomorrow.
Unlike with "fill," "pour" only works one way: [x] The bottles are poured with wine. [ ] Wine is poured into the bottles. "Pour" is used for things that can flow; wine is a liquid and can flow, and grains of sand, in the aggregate, can also exhibit fluid-like properties (it is perfectly fine to "pour sand into a pail").
In school, for exams we FILL UP forms. But I have seen people saying "FILL IN the form." Fill the form in OR fill the form up, which is correct. Please explain.
And you can fill in a form because you're supplying missing information. Fill out is generally used when you tell someone to enter all the fields on a form of more than one field. Example: Please fill out this form. Fill out means to complete by supplying requested information.
“The aid is intended to fill the food shortage in the area”. But your example sentence is very strange, and not because of the choice of verb. In “We can X each other’s shortages”, I can’t think of any verb that would make the sentence make sense without having to think up highly specific contexts.
I have a question about the difference between the verb "cover" and phrase "fill in" in couple of work-related contexts. The common feature of the two contexts is a store with two employees, John ...
Filled in means he took your place. Like a hole in the wall, you'd fill it in with plaster. Whether he undertook all of your duties is questionable, it depends on what skill sets he has in comparison to yours, but most likely simply handled the day to day items and left the rest for your return.
In your construction, the "meaning" of on is approximately using. That's to say, He filled up [his car fuel tank] on / using / with fuel. Same as If you're still hungry, fill up [your stomach] on / with bread.
