full
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fo͝ol
ipa: /fʊl/
ipa: [fʊɫ]
ipa: /fʉl/
homophone: fool (accents with FOOT-GOOSE merger or full-fool merger)
homophone: foal
rhymes: -ʊl
Forms: form: fuller
form: more full
form: fullest
form: most full
Etymology: 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, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). 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.
Senses: examples: text: The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
glosses: Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
examples: text: Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
text: Anybody can cure a curable disease if he happens to have the right drug at hand, but the treatment of a condition for which there is no positive cure makes much greater demands on the doctor, who has to be practical pharmacologist, human being, psychiatrist, and father confessor—he has, in fact, to be a proper physician in the fullest sense of the word.
ref: 1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:
text: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
ref: 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
glosses: Complete; with nothing omitted.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Complete; with nothing omitted.
Surjective as a map of morphisms
raw_tags: of a functor between locally small categories
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
raw_tags: of a subcategory S of C
examples: text: 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
glosses: Total, entire.
examples: text: full member
text: full officer
glosses: Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
examples: text: "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
glosses: Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
examples: text: This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.
text: I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
glosses: Replete, abounding with.
raw_tags: with "of"
examples: text: Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
glosses: Carrying as much as possible.
raw_tags: of hands
examples: text: full lips; a full face; a full figure
glosses: Plump, round.
raw_tags: of physical features
examples: text: For on those evenings, when the moon is full and bright and clear, mothers and fathers in Siam tell their children to look up at the moon and then ask them what they see there.
ref: 1969, Alan S. Feinstein, Folk tales from Siam, page 82:
glosses: Having its entire face illuminated.
raw_tags: of the moon
examples: text: a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
glosses: Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
raw_tags: of clothing
examples: text: a full singing voice
glosses: Having depth and body; rich.
examples: text: Reading maketh a full man.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Studies”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
examples: text: She's full of her latest project.
text: Everyone is now full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions.
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§7”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
examples: text: The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.
ref: 1848, James Russell Lowell, The Vision of Sir Launfal:
glosses: Filled with emotions.
examples: text: Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Impregnated; made pregnant.
examples: raw_tags: three nines and two aces
text: nines full of aces
raw_tags: three kings and two unspecified cards of the same rank
text: I'll beat him with my kings full!
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
examples: text: Mr. Coniff: That is the only evidence you gave of his being intoxicated, that his hat was on the side? […] Mr. Coniff: That is the only indication you gave the committee when you were asked if the judge was full, that his hat was on the side of his head; is that right?
ref: 1925, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 1, Charges Against William E. Baker, U.S. District Judge
glosses: Drunk, intoxicated.
Synonyms: sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: abounding
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: brimful
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: bursting
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: chock-a-block
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: chock-full
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: full up
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: full to bursting
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: full to overflowing
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: jam full
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: jammed
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: jam-packed
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: laden
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: loaded
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: overflowing
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: packed
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: rammed
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: stuffed
sense: containing the maximum possible amount
word: pregnant
word: complete
word: thorough
sense: total
word: entire
sense: total
word: total
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: glutted
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: gorged
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: sated
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: satiate
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: satiated
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: satisfied
sense: satisfied, in relation to eating
word: stuffed
sense: of a garment
word: baggy
sense: of a garment
word: big
sense: of a garment
word: large
sense: of a garment
word: loose
sense: of a garment
word: outsized
sense: of a garment
word: oversized
sense: of a garment
word: voluminous
sense: drunk
word: drunk
Derived terms: word: at full pelt
word: at full stretch
word: at full throttle
word: at full tilt
word: bankfull
word: bowl full
word: bowl-full
word: bung-full
word: chock-a-block full
word: chocked full
word: chock full
word: choke-full
word: choke full
word: chuck full
word: chuck-full
word: come full circle
word: cram-full
word: double-full
word: few cards short of a full deck
word: few cards shy of a full deck
word: fouth
word: full adder
word: full agricultural tenancy
word: full AI
word: full and by
word: full angle
word: full artificial intelligence
word: full as a boot
word: full as a goog
word: full as a tick
word: fullback
word: full-back
word: full back
word: full bar
word: full bathroom
word: full-beam
word: full beam
word: full-bearded
word: full bed
word: full bikini wax
word: full binary tree
word: full bird
word: full bird colonel
word: full blast
word: fullblood
word: full-blood
word: full blood
word: full blood count
word: full-blooded
word: full-blown
word: full blue
word: full board
word: full boat
word: full-bodied
word: full-bodied money
word: full-body
word: full-body day
word: full body scanner
word: full-body scanner
word: full bore
word: full-bore
word: full-born
word: full-bosomed
word: full-bound
word: full breakfast
word: full-brother
word: full bunger
word: full-burn
word: full butt
word: full-butt
word: full choke
word: full circle
word: full clew
word: full colonel
word: full color
word: full combo
word: full count
word: full-course dinner
word: full-course meal
word: full-course yellow
word: fullcourt
word: full court press
word: full-court press
word: full cousin
word: full cream milk
word: full debut
word: full-deckism
word: full deckism
word: full disclosure
word: full dive
word: full dress
word: full-dressed
word: full dress uniform
word: full-driven
word: full duplex
word: full eagle
word: full eagle colonel
word: full employment
word: full English
word: full English breakfast
word: full-eyed
word: full-face
word: full-faced
word: full faith and credit
word: full-fat
word: full fig
word: full-figured
word: full-fledged
word: full-fleshed
word: full fling
word: full-flowing
word: full-fortuned
word: full forward
word: full-frame
word: full-fraught
word: full frontal
word: full-frontal
word: full-frontal nudity
word: full frontal nudity
word: full functor
word: full-grade
word: full-grownness
word: full-handed
word: full-handedly
word: full-handedness
word: fullhead
word: full-hearted
word: fullhearted
word: full-heartedly
word: full-heartedness
word: full-hot
word: full house
word: full immersion
word: full infinitive
word: fullish
word: full join
word: full-length
word: full-line forcing
word: full-looking
word: fullmade
word: full-made
word: full marks
word: full metal jacket
word: full monty
word: full moon
word: full-mooned
word: full-motion video
word: full motion video
word: full-mouth
word: full-mouthed
word: full name
word: full nelson
word: fullness
word: full nest syndrome
word: full-nest syndrome
word: full of
word: full of beans
word: full of bread
word: full of crap
word: full of hot air
word: full of it
word: full of oneself
word: full of one's self
word: full of piss and vinegar
word: full of shit
word: full-of-shitness
word: full of the devil
word: full of the joys of spring
word: full on
word: full-on
word: full out
word: full-out
word: full outer join
word: full-page
word: full pelt
word: full pint
word: full-point
word: full point
word: full-powered
word: full price
word: full process
word: full-proof
word: full rank
word: full ratchet
word: full retard
word: full rhyme
word: full ride
word: full-rigged
word: full sail
word: full-scale
word: fullscale
word: full score
word: full screen
word: fullscreen
word: full screw
word: full sea
word: full send
word: full-service
word: full service
word: fullset
word: fullsib
word: full sibling
word: full-sibling
word: full-sister
word: full-size
english: often a misspelling
translation: often a misspelling
word: fullsome
word: full-souled
word: full-spectrum superiority
word: full spectrum superiority
word: full speed ahead
word: full stack
word: full-stack
word: full-stacker
word: fullstanding
word: full steam
word: full steam ahead
word: full stop
word: full-stop landing
word: full-stretch
word: full stroke seek time
word: full-summed
word: full swap
word: full take
word: full term
word: full-throated
word: full-throatedly
word: full throttle
word: full-throttle
word: full tide
word: full tilt
word: full-tilt boogie
word: full tilt boogie
word: full time
word: full-time
word: full-time equivalent
word: full-timer
word: full-tongued
word: full to overflowing
word: full toss
word: full to the gills
word: full verb
word: full vowel
word: full whack
word: full-width
word: fullwidth
word: fullwise
word: full word
word: fully
word: full-zip
word: glass-half-full
word: half full
word: handful
word: have full hands
word: have one's hands full
word: hawse-full
word: ideographic full stop
word: I'm full
word: in full aspect
word: in full chase
word: in full course
word: in full cry
word: in full effect
word: in full feather
word: in full fig
word: in full flow
word: in full force
word: in full form
word: in full gear
word: in full swing
word: in full view
word: know full well
word: last full measure
word: nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
word: nonfull
word: nut full house
word: on a full stomach
word: one brick short of a full load
word: one card short of a full deck
word: one card shy of a full deck
word: overfull
word: play full
word: play with a full deck
word: Quiverfull
word: rap-full
word: the glass half-full
word: the full quid
word: the full shilling
word: the full ticket
word: the wheel has come full circle
word: topfull
word: to the full
word: triple-full
word: underfull
word: unfull
Related terms: fill
-ful
fulfil
fulsome
fulth