full
noun
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L321032 on Wikidata ↗adverb
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L333626 on Wikidata ↗verb
- process cloth
adjective
- unable to contain more, no space remaining
- conceited
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /fʊl/ / [fʊɫ] / /fʉl/
adj
Etymology: 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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. 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.
- Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
“The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.”
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
“Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.”
“Anybody can cure a curable disease if he happens to have the right drug at hand, but the treatment of a condition for which there is no positive cure makes much greater demands on the doctor, who has to be practical pharmacologist, human being, psychiatrist, and father confessor—he has, in fact, to be a proper physician in the fullest sense of the word.”
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
- 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.”
- Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
“full member”
“full officer”
- Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
“"I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.”
- Replete, abounding with.
“This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.”
“I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.”
- Carrying as much as possible.
“Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.”
- Plump, round.
“full lips; a full face; a full figure”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Having depth and body; rich.
“a full singing voice”
- Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
“Reading maketh a full man.”
- 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.”
- Filled with emotions.
“The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.”
- Impregnated; made pregnant.
“Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars.”
- 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!”
- Drunk, intoxicated.
“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?”
adv
Etymology: 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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. 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.
- Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
“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.”
“[…] full in the centre of the sacred wood”
name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Full.
- A surname from German.
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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.”
- 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: …”
“a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (editor), Works, Volume VII: Practical Works, Revised edition, 1808 page 219, This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses, while the shadow of this sinful mass hides her beauty from the world.”
- A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
- An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
verb
Etymology: 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”).
- To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.