full.
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
Meaning & usage
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
Complete; with nothing omitted.
Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
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.
She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
full member
full officer
Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
"I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
Replete, abounding with.
This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.
I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
Carrying as much as possible.
Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
Plump, round.
full lips; a full face; a full figure
Having its entire face illuminated.
Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
Having depth and body; rich.
a full singing voice
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.
She's full of her latest project.
Filled with emotions.
Impregnated; made pregnant.
Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
nines full of aces
I'll beat him with my kings full!
Drunk, intoxicated.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.
Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.
Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
I was fed to the full.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.
To become full or wholly illuminated.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.
To baptise.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon (“to make holy”)). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).
To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Anglo-Norman fuller, fuler, Middle French foller, fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, stamp, full”), from Medieval Latin fullāre, from Latin fullō (“a fuller”). Compare Old English fullian (“to full”).
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