# full

Pronunciation: say "FUUL" /fʊl/

## Adjective

1. Complete or entire, with no part missing or left out.
   - Simple: Whole and complete, with no part missing.
   - _She wrote a full account of the incident for the police._
   - _The manual provides full instructions for assembly._
2. Holding the greatest amount that can fit in the space available.
   - Simple: Holding as much as can fit, with no room for more.
   - _The auditorium was full an hour before the lecture began._
   - _She poured until the bucket was full to the brim._
3. Containing a great deal of something; abounding with it.
   - Simple: Having a lot of something, often used with 'of'.
   - _The old letter was full of spelling errors._
   - _By summer the lake is full of tourists._
4. Reaching the greatest possible level or degree, as of speed, power, or capacity.
   - Simple: As high, fast, or strong as something can go.
   - _The factory is running at full capacity to keep up with holiday orders._
   - _With the engines at full power, the plane began to roll down the runway._
5. Having eaten to satisfaction; replete and no longer hungry.
   - Simple: Having eaten enough, so you don't want any more food.
   - _I'm too full for dessert after that enormous meal._
   - _Thanksgiving leaves everyone pleasantly full by mid-afternoon._
6. Holding all the authority or qualifications of a role, without limitation.
   - Simple: Having all the powers or rights of a role, with no limits.
   - _After two years, she was promoted to full professor._
   - _After three years as an associate, she was finally made a full partner in the law firm._
8. Overcome with strong feelings; brimming with emotion.
   - Simple: Filled with strong feelings.
   - _Her heart was full at the sight of her child's first steps._
   - _Too full for words, he simply embraced his old friend._
9. Describing a bed, mattress, or bedding in the standard size between twin and queen, wide enough for two people. *(US)*
   - Simple: Used of a bed or its sheets: the size between twin and queen, big enough for two people.
   - _My first apartment had room for a full bed and not much else._
   - _The store had queen sheets in that color but no full ones._
10. Rounded and plump, with a generous shape.
   - Simple: Rounded and plump in shape.
   - _The portrait emphasized her full figure._
   - _Ripe tomatoes hung full and heavy on the vine._
11. Having depth and body; rich in flavor, sound, or color.
   - Simple: Rich and deep in taste or sound.
   - _The wine is full on the palate, with notes of dark fruit._
   - _Her voice was full and resonant in the hall._
12. Cut wide or with ample folds and pleats, allowing comfortable room.
   - Simple: Cut wide, with plenty of cloth or folds for comfort.
   - _The gown's full skirt required yards of fabric._
   - _These slacks have a full cut that doesn't bind at the knee._
13. Of a brother or sister, sharing both parents with another sibling rather than only one.
   - Simple: Used of a brother or sister who has the same two parents as another, not just one.
   - _Although they were raised apart, DNA tests showed the two men were full brothers._
   - _She has one full sibling and three half siblings from her father's second marriage._
15. Of the moon, having its entire visible face illuminated.
   - Simple: Of the moon, showing its whole lit face as a complete circle.
   - _The tides run highest when the moon is full or new._
   - _A full moon lit the whole valley._
18. With one's attention and thoughts absorbed by a matter, and the feelings stirred by it.
   - Simple: So taken up by something that you can think of little else.
   - _She came home full of the news that her sister was getting married._
   - _The students were full of the project, eager to share every detail._
22. Drunk; intoxicated from drinking alcohol. *(Australia)*
   - Simple: Drunk from having had too much alcohol.
   - _By the end of the reception he was so full he could barely find the door._
   - _Half the crowd had been on the beers all afternoon and were full before the band even started._
23. Used of the three same-rank cards that form part of a full house.
   - Simple: In card games, used of the three matching cards that make up a full house.
   - _By the river he was aces full and knew the pot was his._
   - _Holding tens full, she raised confidently before the showdown._

## Noun

14. The phase of the moon when its entire visible face is illuminated.
   - Simple: The time when the moon shows its whole bright, round face.
16. The greatest extent or highest degree of something, the moment of complete fullness, or as much as one can take.
   - Simple: The greatest amount or highest point of something, or as much as you can take.
   - _She used every one of her talents to the full in the new job._
   - _They were determined to live life to the full._
21. In gymnastics, diving, and freestyle skiing, a flip (often a backflip) performed with one complete twist in the air.
   - Simple: A jump in sports like gymnastics or skiing where you flip over and turn all the way around once.
   - _The gymnast added a full to raise her difficulty score._
   - _He nailed the full on his dismount and the crowd cheered._

## Verb

17. To become full or completely lit, as the moon does when it reaches its brightest phase.
   - Simple: To grow round and bright, the way the moon does each month.
25. To make woven cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating, and pressing it.
   - Simple: To make wool cloth thicker and firmer by soaking, beating, and pressing it.
   - _The weavers fulled the newly made cloth to render it dense and weatherproof._
   - _After the cloth is woven, they full it so the fibers mat together into a dense fabric._

## Adverb

19. Squarely and directly, so that something is hit or faced head-on.
   - Simple: Straight at something, so that it hits or faces it directly.
   - _The punch caught the boxer full on the jaw._
   - _Oncoming headlights shone full in her eyes as she crossed the road._
7. Fully, thoroughly or completely; now common only in the phrase full well, as in 'you know full well', and archaic elsewhere.
   - Simple: Fully or completely. Today it is used mostly in the phrase 'full well', as in 'you know full well'.
   - _She understood full well the risk she was taking._
   - _You know full well you're not allowed out after dark._

## Adjective

20. Having the mind well stocked with ideas, knowledge, and information. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Having a mind that is filled with ideas and knowledge.
24. Pregnant; carrying offspring after being impregnated. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Pregnant, or carrying a baby or young animal inside the body.

## Verb

26. To baptize a person; to administer the rite of baptism to someone. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To baptize a person, especially as a religious rite.

## Other meanings

- (adjective) In category theory, said of a subcategory that includes all morphisms between its objects that exist in the parent category.
- (adjective) In category theory, said of a functor that is surjective as a map of morphisms between corresponding hom-sets.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–13, 15, 18–20, 22–24** — Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós, also meaning "full," led to Proto-Germanic *fullaz ("full") and Proto-West Germanic *full, then Old English full and Middle English ful. Dutch vol, German voll, and Swedish full are relatives, and so, more distantly, is English plenty, which came through Latin plēnus.
**Meanings 14, 16–17, 21** — From Middle English "fulle," from Old English "fyllu" ("fullness, fill, plenty"), from Proto-Germanic "*fullį̄" and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*pelh₁-" ("to fill; full"). It is cognate with German "Fülle" and Icelandic "fylli."
**Meaning 26** — The verb is a compound of full- and *wīhan, a form that later became *wēon and meant "to make holy." Old English fullian or fulwian, "to baptize," turned into Middle English fullen with the same meaning, and the related Old English noun fulluht meant "baptism."
**Meaning 25** — Latin fullō ("a fuller") gave Medieval Latin fullāre, which became Old French foler or fouler ("to tread, stamp, full") and Anglo-Norman fuller. Middle English took it up as fullen.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/full (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).