[syn: fully, to the full, full]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Full \Full\, n.
Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
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The swan's-down feather,
That stands upon the swell at full of tide. --Shak.
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Full of the moon, the time of full moon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Full \Full\, v. i.
To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Full \Full\, adv.
Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution;
with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely;
exactly; entirely.
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The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. --Dryden.
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The diapason closing full in man. --Dryden.
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Full in the center of the sacred wood. --Addison.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Full \Full\, v. i.
To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at
midnight.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Had the throne been full, their meeting would not
have been regular. --Blackstone.
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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.
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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.
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It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh
dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1.
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The man commands
Like a full soldier. --Shak.
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I can not
Request a fuller satisfaction
Than you have freely granted. --Ford.
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4. Sated; surfeited.
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I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i.
11.
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5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge;
stored with information.
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Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon.
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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.
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Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths
on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke.
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7. Filled with emotions.
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The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
--Lowell.
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8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]
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Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
full
adv 1: 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]
adj 1: 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]
2: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an
entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full
attention"; "a total failure" [syn: entire, full,
total]
3: complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full
game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: full,
total]
4: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
[syn: full, replete(p)]
5: (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a
full voice" [ant: thin]
6: having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure";
"gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" [syn: full,
good]
7: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full
summer" [syn: broad(a), full(a)]
8: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers";
"a full skirt" [syn: wide, wide-cut, full]
n 1: 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]
v 1: beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the
cloth"
2: make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
3: increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" [syn: wax, full]
[ant: wane]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
462 Moby Thesaurus words for "full":
SRO, 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 Technicolor, in color, in full,
in its entirety, in liquor, in plenty, in quantity, 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, 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,
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