Word: full Part of Speech: adj 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, 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. Pronunciation: /fʊl/, [fʊɫ], /fʉl/ 1. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. Example: The jugs were full to the point of overflowing. 2. Complete; with nothing omitted. Example: Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling. Example: 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. 3. Complete; with nothing omitted. 4. Complete; with nothing omitted. 5. Total, entire. Example: '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. Example: She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 6. Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited. Example: full member Example: full officer 7. Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete. Labels: informal Example: "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table. 8. Replete, abounding with. Labels: informal Example: This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes. Example: I prefer my pizzas full of toppings. 9. Carrying as much as possible. Labels: in-plural, informal Example: Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down. 10. Plump, round. Example: full lips; a full face; a full figure 11. Having its entire face illuminated. Example: 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. 12. Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable. Example: a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy. 13. Having depth and body; rich. Example: a full singing voice 14. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Labels: obsolete Example: Reading maketh a full man. 15. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it. Example: She's full of her latest project. Example: Everyone is now full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. 16. Filled with emotions. Example: The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. 17. Impregnated; made pregnant. Labels: obsolete Example: Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars. 18. Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house. Labels: postpositional Example: nines full of aces Example: I'll beat him with my kings full! 19. Drunk, intoxicated. Labels: Australia Example: 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?