Fill
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Fill may refer to:
- In civil engineering, a fill is an artificial ridge or dam of earth or gravel (fill dirt) constructed to support a prepared right-of-way such as a railroad or highway across a valley or depression.
- A Cut is the opposite: a wide V shaped 'trench' through a hill or higher part. For efficiency the aim is to balance the earth volumes from the cut and fill. See also: earthworks (engineering).
- In graphic design, a fill is a color, pattern, or texture used to cover the area inside a boundary. Most graphics software include a fill tool (also called a "paint bucket tool"). This tool is usually based on an implementation of the flood fill algorithm.
- In popular music, a fill is a short segment of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases or sections of a vocalist or other lead instrument, such as a drum fill.
- In textiles, the fill or filling yarn is the same as weft, the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric
- In Finance, a fill is the fulfillment of a part or whole of an order at a given price by a broker or counterparty
