full Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
    full moon; full-of-the-moon; full phase of the moon.
    • the moon is at the full
  2. verb beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
    • full the cloth
  3. verb make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
  4. verb increase in phase
    wax.
    • the moon is waxing
  5. adjective 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
  6. adjective satellite constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
    total; entire.
    • an entire town devastated by an earthquake
    • gave full attention
    • a total failure
  7. adjective satellite complete in extent or degree and in every particular
    total.
    • a full game
    • a total eclipse
    • a total disaster
  8. adjective satellite filled to satisfaction with food or drink
    replete.
    • a full stomach
  9. adjective (of sound) having marked deepness and body
    • full tones
    • a full voice
  10. adjective satellite having the normally expected amount
    good.
    • gives full measure
    • gives good measure
    • a good mile from here
  11. adjective satellite being at a peak or culminating point
    broad.
    • broad daylight
    • full summer
  12. adjective satellite having ample fabric
    wide; wide-cut.
    • the current taste for wide trousers
    • a full skirt
  13. adverb to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
    fully; to the full.
    • fully grown
    • he didn't fully understand
    • knew full well
    • full-grown
    • full-fledged

WordNet

Full adjective
Etymology
OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. , Skr. prna full, pr to fill, also to Gr. much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. Cf. Complete, Fill, Plenary, Plenty.
Wordforms
comparative Fuller ; superlative Fullest
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. Blackstone.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
    It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. Gen. xii. 1.
    The man commands Like a full soldier. Shak.
    I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. Ford.
  4. Sated; surfeited.
    I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. Is. i. 11.
  5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
    Reading maketh a full man. Bacon.
  6. 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.
    Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. Locke.
  7. Filled with emotions.
    The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. Lowell.
  8. Impregnated; made pregnant. Obs.
    Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. Dryden.
Full noun
Definitions
  1. Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
    The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide. Shak.
Full adverb
Definitions
  1. Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
    The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. Dryden.
    The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.
    Full in the center of the sacred wood. Addison.
    ✍ Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to heighten or strengthen their signification. "Full sad." Milton. "Master of a full poor cell." Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." T. Gray. Full is also prefixed to participles to express utmost extent or degree; as, full-bloomed, full-blown, full-crammed full-grown, full-laden, full-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part, are self-defining.
Full intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.
Full transitive verb
Etymology
OE. fullen, OF. fuler, fouler, F. fouler, LL. fullare, fr. L. fullo fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. shining, white, AS. fullian to whiten as a fuller, to baptize, fullere a fuller. Cf. Defile to foul, Foil to frustrate, Fuller. n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fulled ; present participle & verbal noun Fulling
Definitions
  1. To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.
Full intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.

Webster 1913