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Full

//fʊl// adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

    "The jugs were full to the point of overflowing."

  2. 2
    Complete; with nothing omitted.

    "Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling."

  3. 3
    Complete; with nothing omitted.; Surjective as a map of morphisms
  4. 4
    Complete; with nothing omitted.; Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets operatorname Hom_S(X,Y) and operatorname Hom_C(X,Y) are equal.
  5. 5
    Total, entire.

    "'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed."

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  1. 6
    Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.

    "full member"

  2. 7
    Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete. informal

    ""I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table."

  3. 8
    Replete, abounding with. informal

    "This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes."

  4. 9
    Carrying as much as possible. in-plural, informal

    "Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down."

  5. 10
    Plump, round.

    "full lips; a full face; a full figure"

  6. 11
    Having its entire face illuminated.

    "For on those evenings, when the moon is full and bright and clear, mothers and fathers in Siam tell their children to look up at the moon and then ask them what they see there."

  7. 12
    Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.

    "a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy."

  8. 13
    Having depth and body; rich.

    "a full singing voice"

  9. 14
    Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. obsolete

    "Reading maketh a full man."

  10. 15
    Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.

    "She's full of her latest project."

  11. 16
    Filled with emotions.

    "The heart is so full that a drop overfills it."

  12. 17
    Impregnated; made pregnant. obsolete

    "Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars."

  13. 18
    Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house. postpositional

    "nines full of aces"

  14. 19
    Drunk, intoxicated. Australia

    "Mr. Coniff: That is the only evidence you gave of his being intoxicated, that his hat was on the side? […] Mr. Coniff: That is the only indication you gave the committee when you were asked if the judge was full, that his hat was on the side of his head; is that right?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the normally expected amount wordnet
  2. 2
    having ample fabric wordnet
  3. 3
    constituting the full quantity or extent; complete wordnet
  4. 4
    complete in extent or degree and in every particular wordnet
  5. 5
    containing as much or as many as is possible or normal wordnet
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  1. 6
    being at a peak or culminating point wordnet
  2. 7
    (of sound) having marked deepness and body wordnet
  3. 8
    filled to satisfaction with food or drink wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. archaic, not-comparable

    "Prospero: I have done nothing but in care of thee, Of thee, my dear one, thee, my daughter, who Art ignorant of what thou art; naught knowing Of whence I am, nor that I am more better Than Prospero, master of a full poor cell, And thy no greater father."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (‘full’ in this sense is used as a combining form) wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.

    "The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide."

  2. 2
    the time when the Moon is fully illuminated wordnet
  3. 3
    The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.

    "It is like, that the brain of man waxeth moister and fuller upon the full of the moon: …"

  4. 4
    A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
  5. 5
    An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
Verb
  1. 1
    To become full or wholly illuminated.

    "The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon."

  2. 2
    To baptise. transitive

    "And thy diſciples fulleden men in thy name, in forgiueneſſe of her ſinnes."

  3. 3
    To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
  4. 4
    increase in phase wordnet
  5. 5
    make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering wordnet
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  1. 6
    beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.

Etymology 3

From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.

Etymology 4

From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.

Etymology 5

From Middle English fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon (“to make holy”)). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).

Etymology 6

From Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Anglo-Norman fuller, fuler, Middle French foller, fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, stamp, full”), from Medieval Latin fullāre, from Latin fullō (“a fuller”). Compare Old English fullian (“to full”).

Etymology 7

Borrowed from German Full.

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