Meaning of fill-in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.
2. A substitution.
3. An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.
4. A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.
5. A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.
6. Something added to fill a gap.
7. Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler.
8. A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line.

Examples

“He went in to the Calsag bar to wrangle two fill-ins for the Goldenhoys as ordered.”

“I was a fill-in. What that meant was you rode with each salesperson to learn⟳ his route, and then you could actually run⟳ his route when he was off or on vacation.”

“All our language is loose: whatever one means to say⟳, all words are fill-ins for other words - as any cursory glance⟳ at a dictionary reveals.”

“When a fill-in, aᵢⱼ⁽ˢ⁾ is created in the course of the computation, it may be necessary to make⟳ copies of the contents of certain parts of the ALU and CNLU at the ends of these arrays.”

“In practice they are very sparse and generate⟳ few fill-ins in the remaining columns.”

“Suppose⟳ that there were no fill-ins added in the course of factorization. (This is unrealistic, but we have⟳ developed techniques to minimize the number⟳ of fill-ins and in practice the number⟳ of fill-ins may be relatively small.)”

“The main interaction styles supported by Web systems are direct⟳ manipulation, menus and form⟳ fill-ins.”

“This part tests your writing skills in Spanish, and it consists of three different exercises: paragraph fill-ins, discrete sentence fill-ins, and an essay.”

“I would pick⟳ three or four activities each day from a list of: oral reading, silent reading, filmstrips on the text book subject, short quizzes, chapter tests, semester exams, quarter exams, review⟳ sheets, "find⟳ the word" puzzles, research⟳ papers with library visits, lectures, debates (about four times a year), phonograph records from the library downtown for the music of the time era we were studying, movies, field trips, spelling lists, match⟳ the date⟳ with the name⟳ lists, timelines, map fill-ins, etc.”

“This is truly a word fill-in book like⟳ no other.”

“The following abbreviations are used for all drum solos and fill-ins.”

“Fill-ins usually happen⟳ at the end⟳ of a four or eight-measure musical phrase.”

“With too many fill-ins the statistical results become⟳ dubious.”

“Originally, we'd planned a Basie-type thing, using lots of open⟳ rhythm, only without any piano for fill-ins.”

“These bits were fill-ins between what had to be said to carry⟳ on life and work⟳ and they were constant.”

“There were all kinds of different tips with varying widths of sprays—fat and skinny ones with special names. Fats were for fill-ins, and skinny tips usually for the outlines, unless you used a fat cap for a tag and attempted to “flare” the ends of your letters.”

“Bess never understood why the corners of the foundation had to have⟳ these rounded fill-ins; they weren't load⟳ bearing and were plastered over.”

“As we do not like⟳ knowledge gaps, we construct “fill-ins” to enable a coherent sense⟳ of the self and an awareness of others.”

“Roadways became patchworks of asphalt fill-ins and forgotten cement.”

“There was, at that time, a small film producing complex known as Ben Blake Studios where a variety of trailers, commercials, fill-ins, and (yes) screen tests were shot.”

“It is not a gossipy yarn; nor is it a dry, monotonous account, full of such customary 'fill-ins' as 'romantic moonlight casting murky shadows down a long, winding country road'.”

“Thus a film like⟳ René Laloux's Fantastic Planet (1973) clearly involves human or humanlike characters—yet the mode of presentation eschews historical fill-ins, and many of the events are hallucinatory rather than realistic.”

“When making these comparisons, we can clearly see⟳ many fill-ins throughout the stories. Most of them are incidental and have⟳ little bearing on the story; others are remarkably important.”

“As creators produced more material than might be published in a given month, a back stock⟳ of material would be accumulated, much of which could be used as fill-ins in cases when publishing schedules might run⟳ afoul.”

“Since consumer buying behaviour to obtain⟳ staples is different from fill-ins, retailers strategy will also differ⟳.”

“Variety enhancers may have⟳ medium to high margins, while the fill-ins will have⟳ higher profit margins due to the longer time these items may need⟳ to move⟳ off the shelf in a retail store.”

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