full

Meaning

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. (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. Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
19. Drunk, intoxicated.

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʊl/

Etymology

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. For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages.