Fromin +fill.
infill (third-person singular simple presentinfills,present participleinfilling,simple past and past participleinfilled)
- To fill in a space, hole or gap.
2011, Andrew Haslam,Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques:Here the original drawing is shown in grey and theinfilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.
- (urban studies) Torededicate land in anurbanenvironment to newconstruction.
infill (countable anduncountable,pluralinfills)
- That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
2020 July 15, “Rail freight sector demands Government commitment”, inRail, page10:Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry withinfill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing toinfill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."
- (cosmetics) Theredecoration of afingernail ortoenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.
Clipping.
infill (countable anduncountable,pluralinfills)
- Alternative form ofinfil(“infiltration”).
1991, John Leppelman,Blood on the risers: an airborne soldier's thirty-five months in Vietnam:Hinton and I were briefed at the TOC and received maps of our AO to memorize and mark with codes for the primary and secondary LZs forinfill and exfill.
2011, Brett Newman,Detroit Convention Center: A Design Process and Typological Study:Pedestrianinfill/exfill from Atwater Street
