REFILLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refilling mean? 

• REFILLING (noun)
  The noun REFILLING has 1 sense:

1. filling again by supplying what has been used up

  Familiarity information: REFILLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFILLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filling again by supplying what has been used up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

refilling; renewal; replacement; replenishment

Hypernyms ("refilling" is a kind of...):

filling (flow into something (as a container))

Derivation:

refill (fill something that had previously been emptied)

 Context examples 

The South Korean government has recently announced plans for 16,000 more hydrogen-fueled cars and 310 special refilling stations.

(Cars Powered by New Fuel Type Tested in Australia, VOA)

He pointed an accusing finger at the whiskey glass which the other was refilling.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The other was dawdling with the bottle, and Martin refused to wait for him, tossing the glass off in a gulp and refilling it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)