full

Etymology

Definitions

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

   Complete; with nothing omitted.

   • Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
3. 3

   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.
   • She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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   1. 4

      Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role)

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

      • full member
      • full officer
   2. 5

      Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach

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

      • "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
   3. 6

      Replete, abounding with.

      • This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.
      • I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
   4. 7

      Carrying as much as possible.

      • Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
   5. 8

      Plump, round.

      • full lips; a full face; a full figure
   6. 9

      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. 10

      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. 11

      Having depth and body

      Having depth and body; rich.

      • a full singing voice
   9. 12

      Having the mind filled with ideas

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

      • Reading maketh a full man.
   10. 13

       Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or…

       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.
       • Everyone is now full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions.
   11. 14

       Filled with emotions.

       • The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
   12. 15

       Impregnated

       Impregnated; made pregnant.

       • Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars.
   13. 16

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

       • nines full of aces
       • I'll beat him with my kings full!
   14. 17

       Drunk, intoxicated.

   15. 18

       Fully

       Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

       • […] full in the centre of the sacred wood
       • You know full well what makes me look so pale.
   16. 19

       Utmost measure or extent

       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.
       • Sicilian tortures and the brazen bull, Are emblems, rather than express the full Of what he feels.
       • I was fed to the full.
   17. 20

       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: …
   18. 21

       A flip involving a complete turn in midair.

   19. 22

       An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a…

       An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

   20. 23

       To become full or wholly illuminated.

       • The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon.
       • "By the black cave of Atropos, when the moon fulls, keep thy tryst!"
       • "The moon fulls to-night, don't it?"
   21. 24

       To baptise.

       • And thy diſciples fulleden men in thy name, in forgiueneſſe of her ſinnes.
   22. 25

       To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing

       To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

   23. 26

       A surname from German.

The neighborhood

• synonymcomplete
• synonymthorough
• antonymemptyantonym(s) of “containing the maximum possible amount”
• antonymincompleteantonym(s) of “complete”
• antonympartialantonym(s) of “total”
• antonymhungryantonym(s) of “satisfied, in relation to eating”
• antonymstarvingantonym(s) of “satisfied, in relation to eating”
• antonymclose-fittingantonym(s) of “of a garment”
• antonymsmallantonym(s) of “of a garment”
• antonymtightantonym(s) of “of a garment”
• antonymtight-fittingantonym(s) of “of a garment”
• neighborfill
• neighbor-ful
• neighborfulfil
• neighborfulsome
• neighborfulth