filibuster, n. 1. U.S. (all in reference to legislation) obstruction, hindrance, impediment, prevention, postponement, delay; (all in reference to formal discourse, to accomplish the preceding) exhortation, declamation, harangue, spiel, tirade, bombast; dissertation, oration, peroration, endless discourse; monologue; tangent, digression, rambling, wandering, irrelevancy, excursus.
2. freebooter, buccaneer, pirate, viking, corsair, privateer. See - pirate (defs. 1-4).
-v. 3. U.S. (all in reference to legislation) impede, obstruct, hinder, prevent, delay, postpone, put off; (all to accomplish the preceding) hold forth, expound, expatiate, rant, rave, discourse interminably, go on at length; maunder, blather, ramble, digress, go off on a tangent, wander, meander, stray.
4. pirate, buccaneer, privateer, freeboot. See - pirate (defs. 7, 8).
filigree, n. 1. wirework, fretwork, fret, scrollwork, grillwork, latticework, lattice; lacework, lace, network, netting, net, mesh, crochet, tatting; ornamentation, decoration, arabesque.
2. gossamer, sheer, chiffon, voile, organza, organdy, tissue, tissue paper; ephemera, whim, vagary, caprice, fancy, daydream, dream, illusion.
-adj. 3. delicate, fine, finely-wrought, fragile, dainty.
fill, v. 1. fill up, fill to the brim, fill to overflowing, overfill, stuff, overstuff, crowd, overcrowd, congest; load or load down, lade, burden, overburden; cram, force down or in, ram down, pack in, push in, shove in, press in, jam, squeeze, pack like sardines.
2. supply, furnish, provide, outfit; store, lay in or by, stock, restock, refill, replenish, renew.
3. feed fully, satiate, content, eat one's fill, satisfy, sate, cloy, pall; surfeit, glut, gorge, stuff, cram; overfeed, overeat, overdrink, overindulge, overdo; gormandize, Archaic, gluttonize, eat greedily, SI. pig out, SI. munch out, put down or away, pack in.
4. pervade, penetrate, infuse, inject, charge; permeate, spread throughout, overspread, suffuse, impregnate, imbue, soak, saturate.
5. occupy, serve, act, function, perform, execute, do, discharge, carry out or through, complete, fulfill.
6. meet or fulfill the requirements, Inf. fill the bill.
7. stop up, clog, stuff, block; close, close off, caulk, seal, plug, bung, cork.
8. fill in a. complete, fill out, fill in the blanks,
b. substitute for, sub for, stand in for, replace, take the place of. c. Slang, inform, advise, notify, tell, let in on, share with.
9. fill out a. fill in, complete, fill in the blanks,
b. round out, fatten, pad, enlarge, make bigger, inflate, blow up, puff up; swell, grow, expand, extend, stretch, spread or spread out, diffuse, widen, dilate, dilatate.
fillip, n. 1. snap, flip, flick, click, tick, tap, crack.
2. stimulus, urge, incentive, inducement, encouragement, provocation, incitement, motivation; spur, goad, prod, stick, whip, lash; push, shove, jab, sting, prick, shot.
-v. 3. stimulate, urge, induce, encourage, provoke, incite, motivate, spur, goad, poke, prod, prompt, prick, push, egg on; jar, jolt, inspire, fire, whet, sharpen, keen, awaken, arouse, animate, quicken, get going.
film, n. 1. skin, membrane, pellicle, integument, peel, caul; covering, cover, layer, coat, coating, blanket, dusting, sheet; mask, screen, veil, gauze, web, gossamer; scum, foam, froth; slick, oilslick, spill.