full
1 (fŏŏl)
[Middle English ful, from Old English full.]
adjective: full·er, full·est.
- Containing all that is normal or possible: a full pail.
- Complete in every particular: a full account.
- Baseball
- Amounting to three balls and two strikes. Used of a count.
- Having a base runner at first, second, and third base: The bases were full when the slugger stepped up to bat.
- Of maximum or highest degree: at full speed.
- Being at the peak of development or maturity: in full bloom.
- Having a great deal or many: a book full of errors.
- Totally qualified, accepted, or empowered: a full member of the club.
- Rounded in shape; plump: a full figure.
- Having or made with a generous amount of fabric: full draperies.
- Having an appetite completely satisfied, especially for food or drink: was full after the Thanksgiving dinner.
- Providing an abundance, especially of food.
- Having depth and body; rich: a full aroma; full tones.
- Completely absorbed or preoccupied: “He was already pretty full of himself” (Ron Rosenbaum)
- Possessing both parents in common: full brothers; full sisters.
adverb
- To a complete extent; entirely: knowing full well.
- Exactly; directly: full in the path of the moon.
verb: fulled, full·ing, fulls.
transitive verb
- To make (a garment) full, as by pleating or gathering.
intransitive verb
- To become full. Used of the moon.
noun
- The maximum or complete size or amount: repaid in full.
- The highest degree or state: living life to the full.
derivatives
- fulĺness
- noun
full
2 (fŏŏl)
[Middle English fullen, from Old French fouler, from Vulgar Latin* fullāre, from Latin fullō, fuller.]
transitive verb: fulled, full·ing, fulls.
- To increase the weight and bulk of (cloth) by shrinking and beating or pressing.
