entire Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun uncastrated adult male horse
stallion.
adjective satellite constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
total; full.
- an entire town devastated by an earthquake
- gave full attention
- a total failure
adjective satellite constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
intact; integral.
- a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon
- was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime
- fought to keep the union intact
adjective satellite (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
adjective satellite (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
intact.
- an entire horse

F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.

Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4.

With strength entire and free will armed. Milton.

One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice. Shak.

No man had ever a heart more entire to the king. Clarendon.
(Bot.) (a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. (b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.
Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
Internal; interior. Obs. Spenser. Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical.

Entirely. "Too long to print in entire." Thackeray.
(Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. Eng. "Foker's Entire." Thackeray.