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To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

nant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or results. See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! Milton. -- First mate, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the capt…

A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. T. Moore.

of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

nning off. -- Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh

A disease in the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

The act of bending, or state of being bent.

To bend; as, to flex the arm.

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. Shak.

Having bent or curved ribs.

Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.

Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Will it give place to flexure and low bending Shak.

An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, floriken, florican.]

A combining form indicating fluorine as an ingredient; as in fluosilicate, fluobenzene.

Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. "The foodful earth." Dryden. Bent by its foodful burden [the corn]. Glover.