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Meaning of 'full' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Full [ adv.]
- Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
2 . Full [ Compar.]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sated; surfeited.
- Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
- 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.
- Filled with emotions.
- Impregnated; made pregnant.
3 . Full [ n.]
- Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
- To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.
4 . Full [ v. i.]
- To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.
- To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Meaning of 'full' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . full [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
Example in sentence:
  • the moon is at the full
2 . full [ v]
Meaning (2):
- beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
Example in sentence:
  • full the cloth
Meaning (3):
- increase in phase
Example in sentence:
  • the moon is waxing
4 . full [ a]
Meaning (4):
- containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
Example in sentence:
  • a full glass;
  • a full life;
  • a sky full of stars;
  • the auditorium was full to overflowing
Meaning (5):
- (of sound) having marked deepness and body
Example in sentence:
  • a full voice;
  • full tones
6 . full [ r]
Meaning (6):
- to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
Example in sentence:
  • full-fledged;
  • full-grown;
  • fully grown;
  • he didn't fully understand;
  • knew full well
7 . full [ s]
Meaning (7):
- complete in extent or degree and in every particular
Example in sentence:
  • a full game;
  • a total disaster;
  • a total eclipse
Meaning (8):
- having ample fabric
Example in sentence:
  • a full skirt;
  • the current taste for wide trousers
Meaning (9):
- filled to satisfaction with food or drink
Example in sentence:
  • a full stomach
Meaning (10):
- having the normally expected amount
Example in sentence:
  • a good mile from here;
  • gives full measure;
  • gives good measure
Meaning (11):
- constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
Example in sentence:
  • a total failure;
  • an entire town devastated by an earthquake;
  • gave full attention
Meaning (12):
- being at a peak or culminating point
Example in sentence:
  • broad daylight;
  • full summer

Nearby Words:

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