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Definition of: full
(fl) adjective
1. Containing or having all that can or should be admitted; having no empty or vacant space; filled.
2. Abounding in something; also, engrossed or excited as with some thought: with of.
3. Perfectly sufficient or complete.
4. Ample in extent or volume; well–filled or rounded out; plump.
5. Having the disk wholly illuminated, as the moon.
6. Filled or satisfied with food or drink; hence, intoxicated.
7. Filled with emotion or with knowledge.
8. High, as the tide.
9. Possessing depth or volume: said of sounds.
10. Unblended; pure: said of color.
11. Having plenty of body: said of wines, etc.
12. Distended by wind, as a sail.
13. Having folds or plaits: a full skirt. See synonyms under AMPLE, IMPLICIT.
—noun
1. The highest state, point, or degree.
2. The phase (of the moon) when the whole disk is illuminated.
—adverb
1. Without abatement, diminution, qualification, etc.; fully; completely; to the utmost extent.
2. Very: to run full fast.
—v.t. To make full; gather, as a sleeve.
—v.i. To become full. [OE ful]
—full′ness, ful′ness noun
—ful′ly adverb
The adjective is the first element of many compound adjectives, as:
full–armed | full–fed | full–opening |
full–bearded | full–flowering | full–resounding |
full–built | full–leaved | full–shouldered |
full–chested | full–mouthed | full–strength |
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