'Full' definitions:
Definition of 'full'
(from WordNet)
adverb
To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged" [syn: fully, to the full, full]
adjective
Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" [ant: empty]
adjective
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" [syn: entire, full, total]
adjective
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: full, total]
adjective
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" [syn: full, replete(p)]
adjective
(of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" [ant: thin]
adjective
Having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" [syn: full, good]
adjective
Being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" [syn: broad(a), full(a)]
adjective
Having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" [syn: wide, wide-cut, full]
noun
The time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full" [syn: full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, full]
verb
Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth"
verb
Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
verb
Definition of 'Full'
From: GCIDE
- Full \Full\ (f[.u]l), a. [Compar. Fuller (f[.u]l"[~e]r); superl. Fullest.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. plh`rhs, Skr. p[=u][.r]na full, pr[=a] to fill, also to Gr. poly`s much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. Complete, Fill, Plenary, Plenty.]
- 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. [1913 Webster]
- Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. [1913 Webster]
- It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Sated; surfeited. [1913 Webster]
- I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. [1913 Webster]
- Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. [1913 Webster]
- Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Filled with emotions. [1913 Webster]
- The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- At full, when full or complete. --Shak.
- Full age (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott.
- Full and by (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
- Full band (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed.
- Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding.
- Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
- Full brother or Full sister, a brother or sister having the same parents as another.
- Full cry (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
- Full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
- Full hand (Poker), three of a kind and a pair.
- Full moon. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full.
- Full organ (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out.
- Full score (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given.
- Full sea, high water.
- Full swing, free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.)
- In full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures.
- In full blast. See under Blast. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Full'
From: GCIDE
- Full \Full\, v. i. To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Full'
From: GCIDE
- Full \Full\, n. Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree. [1913 Webster]
- The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Full of the moon, the time of full moon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Full'
From: GCIDE
- Full \Full\, adv. Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. [1913 Webster]
- The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The diapason closing full in man. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Full in the center of the sacred wood. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to heighten or strengthen their signification. "Full sad." --Milton. "Master of a full poor cell." --Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." --T. Gray. Full is also prefixed to participles to express utmost extent or degree; as, full-bloomed, full-blown, full-crammed full-grown, full-laden, full-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part, are self-defining. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Full'
From: GCIDE
- Full \Full\, v. i. To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Full'
From: GCIDE
- Full \Full\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fulling.] [OE. fullen, OF. fuler, fouler, F. fouler, LL. fullare, fr. L. fullo fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. ? shining, white, AS. fullian to whiten as a fuller, to baptize, fullere a fuller. Cf. Defile to foul, Foil to frustrate, Fuller. n. ] To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'full'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a great deal,
- abounding,
- absolute,
- absorbed,
- abundant,
- addled,
- adipose,
- affluent,
- all-encompassing,
- all-inclusive,
- all-sufficing,
- allayed,
- altogether,
- ample,
- amplitude,
- aplenty,
- awash,
- bang,
- beefy,
- beery,
- bemused,
- besotted,
- big,
- big-bellied,
- blazing,
- blind drunk,
- blinding,
- bloated,
- blocked,
- blow-by-blow,
- blowzy,
- booming,
- bosomy,
- bottomless,
- bound,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- brawny,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- brimful,
- brimming,
- bristling,
- broad,
- broad-bodied,
- built,
- bulging,
- bulky,
- bullnecked,
- burly,
- bursting,
- busty,
- buxom,
- capacity,
- chock-full,
- choked,
- choked up,
- chubby,
- chuck-full,
- chunky,
- clogged,
- clogged up,
- close,
- cloyed,
- coarse,
- colored,
- compact,
- complete,
- completely,
- comprehensive,
- concerned,
- congested,
- congestion,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constipated,
- consumed,
- copious,
- corpulent,
- costive,
- cram-full,
- crammed,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- crass,
- crawling,
- crowded,
- curvaceous,
- damned,
- dazzling,
- deafening,
- deep,
- deep-colored,
- dense,
- detailed,
- developed,
- diffuse,
- directly,
- disgusted,
- distended,
- dizzy,
- drenched,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- dumpy,
- dyed,
- ear-piercing,
- ear-rending,
- ear-splitting,
- earthshaking,
- effuse,
- emotional,
- engaged,
- engorged,
- engrossed,
- enormously,
- entire,
- entirely,
- epidemic,
- exact,
- exactly,
- exceedingly,
- exhaustive,
- exhaustless,
- expansive,
- extensive,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- exuberant,
- far-gone,
- farci,
- fat,
- fattish,
- fed-up,
- fertile,
- filled,
- filled out,
- finicky,
- firm,
- fleshy,
- flood tide,
- flush,
- flustered,
- forte,
- fortissimo,
- fou,
- foul,
- fouled,
- full of,
- full to bursting,
- full-bodied,
- full-colored,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- full-scale,
- fullness,
- fully,
- fussy,
- galore,
- gay,
- generous,
- giddy,
- glaring,
- global,
- glorious,
- glutted,
- gorged,
- grand,
- grave,
- great,
- greatest,
- greatly,
- gross,
- happy,
- harsh,
- heavy,
- heavyset,
- hefty,
- high tide,
- high water,
- highest,
- hippy,
- hued,
- hugely,
- illimitable,
- imbued,
- immersed,
- impletion,
- imposing,
- in color,
- in full,
- in its entirety,
- in liquor,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- in Technicolor,
- in toto,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- inebrious,
- inexhaustible,
- infarcted,
- intact,
- integral,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- irresistible,
- itemized,
- jaded,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- jolly,
- kerplunk,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- limitless,
- loaded,
- loud,
- loud-sounding,
- loudish,
- lusty,
- luxuriant,
- main,
- many,
- massive,
- mature,
- matured,
- maudlin,
- maximal,
- maximum,
- meaty,
- mellow,
- merry,
- meticulous,
- mighty,
- minute,
- much,
- muddled,
- nappy,
- nice,
- no strings,
- numerous,
- obese,
- obsessed,
- obstipated,
- obstructed,
- occupied,
- open,
- opulent,
- overfed,
- overflowing,
- overfull,
- overfullness,
- overgorged,
- oversaturated,
- overstuffed,
- overweight,
- packed,
- packed like sardines,
- particular,
- particularized,
- paunchy,
- pealing,
- perfect,
- perfectly,
- picayune,
- piercing,
- plangent,
- plenary,
- plenitude,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- plethora,
- plop,
- plugged,
- plugged up,
- plumb,
- plump,
- plunk,
- podgy,
- point-blank,
- populous,
- portly,
- potbellied,
- powerful,
- precise,
- precisely,
- preoccupied,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- pudgy,
- puffy,
- pulsing,
- pursy,
- quite,
- rampant,
- ready to burst,
- reeling,
- replete,
- repletion,
- resonant,
- resonating,
- resounding,
- revealing,
- rich,
- rife,
- right,
- ringing,
- riotous,
- ripe,
- robust,
- rolling,
- roly-poly,
- roomy,
- rotund,
- round,
- rounded out,
- running over,
- sated,
- satiate,
- satiated,
- satiety,
- satisfied,
- saturated,
- saturation,
- saturation point,
- sentimental,
- serious,
- serried,
- shapely,
- shikker,
- shining,
- sick of,
- slaked,
- slap,
- smack,
- smack-dab,
- soaked,
- sodden,
- solid,
- sonorous,
- sotted,
- sound,
- spacious,
- spang,
- special,
- specific,
- spring tide,
- square,
- squarely,
- squat,
- squatty,
- SRO,
- stacked,
- stained,
- stalwart,
- standing room only,
- stentoraphonic,
- stentorian,
- stentorious,
- stocky,
- stopped,
- stopped up,
- stout,
- straight,
- strapping,
- strong,
- stuffed,
- stuffed up,
- superabundant,
- supersaturated,
- surfeit,
- surfeited,
- swarming,
- swollen,
- teeming,
- thick,
- thick-bodied,
- thickset,
- thorough,
- thoroughly,
- three-dimensional,
- throbbing,
- thunderous,
- tiddly,
- tinct,
- tinctured,
- tinged,
- tinted,
- tipsy,
- tired of,
- to the full,
- to the utmost,
- toned,
- tonitruant,
- tonitruous,
- top,
- top-heavy,
- topful,
- total,
- totally,
- trig,
- tubby,
- unabbreviated,
- unabridged,
- unbound,
- unbounded,
- uncensored,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- uncut,
- under the influence,
- undiminished,
- undimmed,
- unequivocal,
- unexpurgated,
- unlimited,
- unmeasured,
- unobscured,
- unqualified,
- unrestricted,
- unshaded,
- unshortened,
- utmost,
- utter,
- very,
- vibrant,
- vibrating,
- viscous,
- vivid,
- voluptuous,
- wash-colored,
- wealthy,
- well-built,
- well-fed,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-proportioned,
- well-provided,
- well-rounded,
- well-shaped,
- well-stacked,
- well-stocked,
- whole,
- wholesale,
- wholly,
- wide,
- wide-open,
- widespread,
- window-rattling,
- with a bellyful,
- with a snootful,
- with enough of,
- without strings,
- zaftig
Words containing 'Full'
- At full,
- Full and by,
- Fulled,
- Fulling,
- Fullness,
- In full,
- be full,
- to the full,
- At full cock,
- At full sea,
- Full age,
- Full back,
- Full band,
- Full binding,
- Full bottom,
- Full brother,
- Full butt,
- Full canonicals,
- Full cry,
- Full dress,
- Full hand,
- Full house,
- Full moon,
- Full of the moon,
- Full organ,
- Full pay,
- Full score,
- Full sea,
- Full sister,
- Full swing,
- Full tilt,
- Fulling mill,
- In full blast,
- In full uniform,
- To be in full feather,
- chock full,
- cram full,
- full admiral,
- full blast,
- full blood,
- full blooded,
- full bloom,
- full bodied,
- full circle,
- full complement,
- full cousin,
- full duplex,
- full employment,
- full fledged,
- full gainer,
- full general,
- full grown,
- full measure,
- full nelson,
- full of beans,
- full of life,
- full page,
- full point,
- full professor,
- full radiator,
- full scale,
- full scope,
- full skirt,
- full stop,
- full term,
- full time,
- full tontine,
- full treatment,
- in full action,
- in full swing,
- in full view,
- make full,
- Chock-full,
- Choke-full,
- Full-blooded,
- Full-bloomed,
- Full-blown,
- Full-bottomed,
- Full-butt,
- Full-drive,
- Full-formed,
- Full-grown,
- Full-hearted,
- Full-hot,
- Full-manned,
- Full-orbed,
- Full-sailed,
- Full-winged,
- To have one's hands full,
- chuck-full,
- full faith and credit,
- full metal jacket,
- full moon maple,
- full phase of the moon,
- full service bank,
- full-blood,
- full-bodied,
- full-bosomed,
- full-clad,
- full-dress,
- full-face,
- full-fashioned,
- full-fledged,
- full-length,
- full-of-the-moon,
- full-page,
- full-scale,
- full-size,
- full-strength,
- full-term,
- full-time,
- give full measure,
- full-dress uniform,
- full-wave rectifier,
- full jammed jam-packed packed,
- chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full,
- abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate