FULL
Dictionary entry overview: What does full mean?
• FULL (noun)
The noun FULL has 1 sense:
1. the time when the moon is fully illuminated
Familiarity information: FULL used as a noun is very rare.
• FULL (adjective)
The adjective FULL has 8 senses:
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
2. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
3. complete in extent or degree and in every particular
4. filled to satisfaction with food or drink
5. (of sound) having marked depth and body
6. having the normally expected amount
7. being at a peak or culminating point
8. having ample fabric
Familiarity information: FULL used as an adjective is common.
• FULL (verb)
The verb FULL has 3 senses:
1. beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
2. make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
3. increase in phase
Familiarity information: FULL used as a verb is uncommon.
• FULL (adverb)
The adverb FULL has 1 sense:
1. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; ('full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
Familiarity information: FULL used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FULL (noun)
Meaning:
The time when the moon is fully illuminated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
full; full moon; full phase of the moon; full-of-the-moon
Context example:
the moon is at the full
Hypernyms ("full" is a kind of...):
phase of the moon (a time when the moon presents a particular recurring appearance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "full"):
harvest moon (the full moon nearest the September equinox)
Holonyms ("full" is a part of...):
month (a time unit of approximately 30 days)
• FULL (adjective)
Meaning:
Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
Context examples:
a full glass / a sky full of stars / a full life / the auditorium was full to overflowing
Similar:
instinct; replete ((followed by 'with')deeply filled or permeated)
laden; ladened; loaded (filled with a great quantity)
overladen; overloaded (loaded past capacity)
riddled (spread throughout)
sperm-filled (filled with sperm)
stuffed (filled with something)
stuffed (crammed with food)
untasted; untouched (still full)
well-lined (full of money)
heavy; weighed down (full of; bearing great weight)
glutted; overfull (exceeding demand)
gas-filled (full of a gas)
afloat; awash; flooded; inundated; overflowing (covered with water)
air-filled (full of air)
brimful; brimfull; brimming (filled to capacity)
chock-full; chockablock; chockful; choke-full; chuck-full; cram full (packed full to capacity)
congested; engorged (overfull as with blood)
egg-filled (full of eggs)
filled ((usually followed by 'with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with)
fraught; pregnant (filled with or attended with)
Attribute:
fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)
Antonym:
empty (holding or containing nothing)
Meaning:
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
Synonyms:
total; entire; full
Context examples:
an entire town devastated by an earthquake / gave full attention / a total failure
Similar:
whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)
Meaning:
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular
Synonyms:
full; total
Context examples:
a full game / a total eclipse / a total disaster
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Meaning:
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink
Synonyms:
replete; full
Context example:
a full stomach
Similar:
nourished (being provided with adequate nourishment)
Meaning:
(of sound) having marked depth and body
Context examples:
full tones / a full voice
Similar:
booming; stentorian (used of the voice)
grumbling; rumbling (continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound)
plangent (loud and resounding)
rich (pleasantly full and mellow)
orotund; pear-shaped; rotund; round ((of sounds) full and rich)
heavy; sonorous (full and loud and deep)
sounding (having volume or depth)
Antonym:
thin ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume)
Meaning:
Having the normally expected amount
Synonyms:
good; full
Context examples:
gives full measure / gives good measure / a good mile from here
Similar:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
Meaning:
Being at a peak or culminating point
Synonyms:
broad; full
Context examples:
broad day / full summer
Similar:
high (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount)
Meaning:
Having ample fabric
Synonyms:
wide-cut; wide; full
Context examples:
the current taste for wide trousers / a full skirt
Similar:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
• FULL (verb)
Meaning:
Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
full the cloth
Hypernyms (to "full" is one way to...):
beat (hit repeatedly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "full" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Increase in phase
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
full; wax
Context example:
the moon is waxing
Hypernyms (to "full" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The moon will soon full
• FULL (adverb)
Meaning:
To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; ('full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
Synonyms:
full; fully; to the full
Context examples:
fully grown / he didn't fully understand / knew full well / full-grown / full-fledged
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
