full

Plural: fulls

Noun

• the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
  • "the moon is at the full"
• Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
• The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
• A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
• An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

Verb

Verb Forms: fulled, fulling, fulls

• To shrink and thicken fabric, typically wool, through moistening and pressing.
• beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
  • "full the cloth"
• make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
• increase in phase
• To become full or wholly illuminated.
• To baptise.
• To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

Adjective

• Completely filled or occupied; having no empty space.
• 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"
• (of sound) having marked deepness and body
  • "full tones"
  • "a full voice"

Adjective Satellite

• constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
  • "gave full attention"
• complete in extent or degree and in every particular
  • "a full game"
• filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  • "a full stomach"
• having the normally expected amount
  • "gives full measure"
• being at a peak or culminating point
  • "full summer"
• having ample fabric
  • "a full skirt"

Adverb

• 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"

Adj

• Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
• Complete; with nothing omitted.
• Complete; with nothing omitted.
• Surjective as a map of morphisms
• Complete; with nothing omitted.
• Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets operatorname Hom_S(X,Y) and operatorname Hom_C(X,Y) are equal.
• Total, entire.
• Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
• Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
• Replete, abounding with.
• Carrying as much as possible.
• Plump, round.
• Having its entire face illuminated.
• Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
• Having depth and body; rich.
• 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.
• Filled with emotions.
• Impregnated; made pregnant.
• Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
• Drunk, intoxicated.

Adv

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

Examples

• "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
• a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
• a full singing voice
• After a triple word score, his tile rack felt full of possibilities.
• full lips; a full face; a full figure
• full member
• full officer
• Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
• I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
• I was fed to the full.
• I'll beat him with my kings full!
• nines full of aces
• Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
• She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
• She's full of her latest project.
• The intense pressure of the Scrabble tournament could full a player’s resolve.
• The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
• This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.

Synonyms

broad, entire, full moon, full phase of the moon, full-of-the-moon, fully, good, replete, to the full, total, wax, wide, wide-cut, abounding, baggy, big, brimful, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full, complete, drunk, full to bursting, full to overflowing, full up, glutted, gorged, jam full, jam-packed, jammed, laden, large, loaded, loose, outsized, overflowing, oversized, packed, pregnant, rammed, sated, satiate, satiated, satisfied, stuffed, thorough, tuck, voluminous, walk, waulk

Antonyms

empty, thin, wane, close-fitting, hungry, incomplete, partial, small, starving, tight, tight-fitting

Related Words

-ful, fill, fulfil, fulsome, fulth

Anagrams of full