vulsel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- expletive adj Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
- fill verb To add enough of something to a container or space so that nothing more can fit.
- placeholder noun Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
Senses
vulsel is used for these senses in English:
- expletive (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
- fill Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- placeholder Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
expletive — full definition
- adj Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
- adj Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
fill — full definition
- verb To add enough of something to a container or space so that nothing more can fit.
- verb To satisfy a requirement, order, or vacancy.