What is "filling in"

Usage examples of "filling in".

The drone of the four Merlins made every filling in Flight Lieutenant George Bagnall's head feel as if it were shaking loose from its tooth.

People who couldn't do anything else had taken to filling in with housework, for those who were otherwise occupied.

After decreeing the burning of corpses and their flammable effects, the stringent cleaning of the interiors of buildings, the filling in of cesspits, the scourings of towns and cities, and the towing out to sea and burning of hulks filled with corpses, he and the court had set out on a procession around the realm, avoiding castles, manors, halls, or abbeys and biding in pavilions set up in fields and leas, moors and forests, under the sky.

The silence of the kirkyard flowed back into the space their conversation had made, filling in the gap as though no word were ever spoken.

At first Jimmy wasn't sure how to begin exploiting the worry sausage, but he did know that he should abandon Max's soap and foam filling in favour of the real thing, a proper cheese and ham sandwich to Fil the Greek's recipe, including paper tissue.

I should mention that I didn't have to explain any of the food to Edward, or show him how to roll up a filling in a tortilla.

However, it took more than a hard bed to dash Percy's spirits and, after running up and down a few paces to get the stiffness out of his bones, he began to sing at the top of his voice, filling in the words he forgot with such comical made-up ones that Dorothy could not help laughing.