full

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   emotionaladjective

   Filled with strong feelings.

   Like a cup so full of feelings it might spill over.

   Her heart was full as she watched them graduate.

   His eyes were full and his voice shook with feeling.

   UsagePeople say too full for words.

   Similarovercome, overwhelmed, moved

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   bed sizeadjectiveUSus

   Used of a bed or its sheets: the size between twin and queen, big enough for two people.

   We put a full bed in the guest room.

   These sheets are too small for a full mattress.

   UsageFull and double are the same bed size.

   Similardouble

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    plump shapeadjective

    Rounded and plump in shape.

    The baby had full, round cheeks.

    She has full lips and a wide smile.

    UsageA full figure is a polite way to say a bit fat.

    Similarplump, rounded, ample, curvy, voluptuous

    Oppositethin, slim, slender

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    richadjective

    Rich and deep in taste or sound.

    This coffee has a full, rich taste.

    The cello produced a warm, full sound.

    Similarrich, deep, rounded, resonant

    Oppositethin, light

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    wide cutadjective

    Cut wide, with plenty of cloth or folds for comfort.

    She wore a full skirt that swirled when she danced.

    The dress has full sleeves that gather at the wrist.

    Similarloose, wide, ample, voluminous, generous

    Oppositetight, narrow, slim

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    same parentsadjective

    Used of a brother or sister who has the same two parents as another, not just one.

    Jake is my full brother, and Mia is my half sister.

    The girls are full sisters, even though they look very different.

    UsageSay full brother when you need to show it is not a half brother.

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    moon phasenoun

    The time when the moon shows its whole bright, round face.

    UsageUsed in at the full. Today most people say full moon.

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    moon phaseadjective

    Of the moon, showing its whole lit face as a complete circle.

    The moon was full and bright last night.

    We hiked easily under a full moon.

    Oppositenew

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    noununcountable

    The greatest amount or highest point of something, or as much as you can take.

    She enjoyed the vacation to the full.

    We enjoyed our last week of summer to the full.

    UsageSay live life to the full.

    Similarpeak, height, maximum, utmost

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    verbintransitive

    To grow round and bright, the way the moon does each month.

    "The moon fulls to-night, don't it?"

    1918, Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Story Of Waitstill BaxterHere, fulls means becomes a full moon, round and bright.

    "By the black cave of Atropos, when the moon fulls, keep thy tryst!"

    1905, Annie Fellows Johnston, The Little Colonel's Christmas VacationHere, fulls means becomes a full moon, round and bright.

    Oppositewane

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    adjective

    So taken up by something that you can think of little else.

    He was full of his new plan and talked of nothing else.

    She came home full of the day's adventures.

    UsageSay full of something you can't stop talking about.

    Similarabsorbed, engrossed, preoccupied

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    squarelyadverb

    Straight at something, so that it hits or faces it directly.

    The ball hit him full in the face.

    She turned and looked him full in the eyes.

    UsageSay hit full on the jaw or full in the face.

    Similarsquarely, directly, straight

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    adjectiveobsolete

    Having a mind that is filled with ideas and knowledge.

    Reading maketh a full man.

    1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Studies”Here, full means having a mind filled with ideas and knowledge.

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    twisting flipnouncountable

    A jump in sports like gymnastics or skiing where you flip over and turn all the way around once.

    Like jumping and spinning all the way around once in the air.

    She landed the full cleanly at the end of her routine.

    He did a full off the diving board and barely made a splash.

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    drunkadjectiveAustralia

    Drunk from having had too much alcohol.

    After five beers he was full as a boot and couldn't walk straight.

    They came home full from the pub, laughing and stumbling.

    UsagePeople may think you mean full of food.

    Similardrunk, intoxicated, plastered, sloshed, hammered

    Oppositesober

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    poker handadjective

    In card games, used of the three matching cards that make up a full house.

    She had aces full and won the whole pot.

    He stayed in the hand because he was kings full.

    UsageSay kings full when your full house has three kings.

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    adjectiveobsolete

    Pregnant, or carrying a baby or young animal inside the body.

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    firm up clothverbtransitive

    To make wool cloth thicker and firmer by soaking, beating, and pressing it.

    Workers fulled the wool until it grew thick and tight.

    They full the cloth in the mill before it is dyed.

    Similarwaulk, walk, tuck

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    verbobsoletetransitive

    To baptize a person, especially as a religious rite.

    And thy diſciples fulleden men in thy name, in forgiueneſſe of her ſinnes.

    1610, John Foxe, “An Old Ancient Writing Intituled, The Praier and Complaint of the Ploughman”Here, fulleden means baptized people.

    Similarbaptize, christen

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    adjective

    In advanced math, used of a smaller collection that keeps every link the bigger one has between the objects it includes.
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    adjective

    In advanced math, used of a mapping where every link between two mapped objects comes from a link between the originals.