full

Meaning

Adj

1. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
2. Complete; with nothing omitted.
3. Complete; with nothing omitted.
4. Complete; with nothing omitted.
5. Total, entire.
6. Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
7. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
8. (informal) Replete, abounding with.
9. (in-plural, informal) Carrying as much as possible.
10. Plump, round.
11. Having its entire face illuminated.
12. Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
13. Having depth and body; rich.
14. (obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
15. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
16. Filled with emotions.
17. (obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant.
18. (postpositional) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
19. (Australia) Drunk, intoxicated.

Adv

Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Noun

1. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
2. The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
3. A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
4. An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

Verb

To become full or wholly illuminated.

Verb

To baptise.

Verb

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

Synonyms

complete

filled

satisfied

😆

satiated

entire

whole

replete

packed

crowded

sated

total

fully

abundant

loaded

stuffed

sufficient

plump

fill

absolute

comprehensive

perfect

all

completeness

fullness

be full

rich

🤑

quite

very full

felt

enough

teeming

thorough

brimming

content

completely

ample

integral

much

full moon

🌕

full up

filled up

fill up

finished

fed up

round

entirely

plenary

excessive

plentiful

open

Translations

plein

lleno

voll

pieno

vol

cheio

entier

completo

ple

complet

completo

rassasié

completo

total

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ful

Inherited from Old English: full

Cognate with Western Frisian: fol

Cognate with Low German: vull

Cognate with Dutch: vol

Cognate with German: voll

Cognate with Danish: fuld

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: full

Cognate with English: plenty

Cognate with Welsh: llawn

Cognate with Russian: по́лный

Cognate with Lithuanian: pilnas

Cognate with Persian: پر

Cognate with Sanskrit: पूर्ण

Inherited from Middle English: fulle

Inherited from Old English: fyllu

Cognate with German: Fülle

Cognate with Icelandic: fylli

Inherited from Middle English: fullen

Inherited from Old English: fullian

Cognate with Old English: fulluht

In summary

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, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). 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.

Sentences

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