present participle
Filling a container again after it is empty or partly empty.
Maria is refilling the water bottles.
The staff are refilling the coffee machine.
American English
How to pronounce refilling
verb · nounB1
reeFIHlihng
/ɹi.ˈfɪ.lɪŋ/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of refill
Refilling can describe an action in progress or the activity of filling something again.
Filling a container again after it is empty or partly empty.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
gerund
The activity of filling a container again after it is empty or partly empty.
Refilling the bottle takes only a minute.
Refilling the printer is part of my job.
Related words & forms
refilledpast tense and past participlerefillsplural noun · third-person singularrefillingpresent participle
The past and -ing forms double the final l: refilled, refilling.