What is the meaning of full?

noun

verb

  • Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening.
    • usage: "full the cloth"
  • Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering.
  • Increase in phase.
    • usage: "the moon is waxing"

adjective

  • Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal.
    • usage: "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
  • Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete.
    • usage: "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
  • Complete in extent or degree and in every particular.
    • usage: "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"
  • Filled to satisfaction with food or drink.
    • usage: "a full stomach"
  • Of sound. ( having marked deepness and body)
    • usage: "full tones"; "a full voice"
  • Having the normally expected amount.
    • usage: "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
  • Being at a peak or culminating point.
    • usage: "broad daylight"; "full summer"
  • Having ample fabric.
    • usage: "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"

adverb

  • To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form. )
    • usage: "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"
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APAWordNet. (2010). full. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/full/definitions/1174608
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