Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing all that is normal or possible.
- adjective Complete in every particular.
- adjective Amounting to three balls and two strikes. Used of a count.
- adjective Having a base runner at first, second, and third base.
- adjective Of maximum or highest degree.
- adjective Being at the peak of development or maturity.
- adjective Of or relating to a full moon.
- adjective Having a great deal or many.
- adjective Totally qualified, accepted, or empowered.
- adjective Rounded in shape; plump.
- adjective Having or made with a generous amount of fabric.
- adjective Having an appetite completely satisfied, especially for food or drink.
- adjective Providing an abundance, especially of food.
- adjective Having depth and body; rich.
- adjective Completely absorbed or preoccupied.
- adjective Possessing both parents in common.
- adverb To a complete extent; entirely.
- adverb Exactly; directly.
- intransitive verb To make (a garment) full, as by pleating or gathering.
- intransitive verb To become full. Used of the moon.
- noun The maximum or complete size or amount.
- noun The highest degree or state.
- transitive verb To increase the density and usually the thickness of (cloth) by shrinking and beating or pressing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fully; completely; without reserve or qualification.
- Quite; to the same degree; equally.
- Exactly; precisely; directly; straight.
- In full measure; to a great degree; abundantly; very.
- In sewing, to bring (the cloth) on one side of a seam to a little greater fullness than on the other by gathering or tucking very slightly, as is done to produce certain effects of tailoring, etc.
- To draw up; pucker; bunch: as, the skirt fulls too much in front.
- noun Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree: as, this instrument answers to the full; fed to the full.
- noun That phase in the revolution of the moon when it presents to the earth its whole face illuminated.
- noun In the game of poker, a hand consisting of three cards of the same denomination and a pair, counting between a flush and fours; a full hand. Sometimes called a full house.
- noun To the highest degree; completely; thoroughly.
- noun In full.
- noun Without abbreviation or contraction; written in words, not in figures: said of writing, as a signature.
- noun To the same degree or extent; equally.
- To baptize.
- To thicken or make compact in a mill, as cloth. See
fulling-mill . - To become compacted or felted: as, a cloth which fulls well.
- noun A ridge of gravel formed back of a beach by storm-waves.
- Containing or provided with all that can be contained or received; admitting of or entitled to no more or no other, either as to contents or supply; filled; replete: as, full measure; a full stomach; a full list of names; a regiment marching with full ranks.
- Filled or carried to completion or entirety; not defective, partial, or insufficient; complete according to a standard; whole; entire: as, full compensation; full age (an age complete or sufficient for some purpose); a full ballot; the full stature of a grenadier; a full term of office or course of study.
- Filled or rounded out; complete in volume; ample in extent; copious; comprehensive: as, a full body or voice; a full statement or argument; a full confession.
- Filled by or engrossed with the quantity, number, volume, importance, contemplation, or the like (of): as, a house full of people; life is full of perplexities; she is full of her own conceits; also, abounding in.
- Filled with food; satisfied with food.
- Filled with liquor; drunk.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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_one-sixteenth short of a full measure_, and, therefore, it does not represent the first measure of the next phrase, because our inviolable rule is that the first measure of a phrase is its first _full_ measure.
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Believe that what He said was true, an’ get your mind full of what He said, an’ _keep it full_.’”
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sharewolf commented on the word full
My heart is full.
September 16, 2008