infill

See also: in-fill

English

Etymology 1

in +‎ fill

Verb

infill (third-person singular simple present infills, present participle infilling, simple past and past participle infilled)

1. 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 the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.

2. (urban studies) To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

Translations

to rededicate land

• Dutch: inbreiden (nl)
• Maori: whakautuutu, tiriwā, whakakiko

Noun

infill (countable and uncountable, plural infills)

1. That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
   • 2020 July 15, “Rail freight sector demands Government commitment”, in Rail, page 10:

     Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry with infill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."

2. (cosmetics) The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

infill (countable and uncountable, plural infills)

1. Alternative form of infil (“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 for infill and exfill.

   • 2011, Brett Newman, Detroit Convention Center: A Design Process and Typological Study:

     Pedestrian infill/exfill from Atwater Street

Anagrams

• fill in, fill-in, fillin'