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full¹
adj fuller, fullest

1. Holding, containing or having as much as possible, or a large quantity.

Form: full of something (also)
2. Complete.

Example: do a full day's work
Thesaurus: entire, complete; Antonym: partial.
3. Detailed; thorough; including everything necessary.

Example: a full report
4. Occupied.

Example: My hands are full
Thesaurus: occupied, assigned, reserved, taken, engaged, in use; Antonym: available, vacant.
5. Having eaten till one wants no more.

Thesaurus: sated, replete, satisfied, saturated, glutted, cloyed, stuffed to the gills.
6. Plump; fleshy.

Example: the fuller figure
Example: full lips
7. Said of clothes: made with a large amount of material.

Example: a full skirt
Thesaurus: baggy, flowing, loose, flapping; Antonym: tight.
8. Rich and strong.

Example: This wine is very full
9. Rich and varied.

Example: a full life
10. Having all possible rights, privileges, etc.

Example: a full member
11. Said of the Moon: at the stage when it is seen as a fully-illuminated disc.
12a. ) said of a brother or sister: having the same parents as oneself (compare half-brotherhalf-sister);
12b. Said of a cousin: see first cousin.

adverb

1. Completely; at maximum capacity

Example: Is the radiator full on?
2. Exactly; directly.

Example: hit him full on the nose

verb

fulled, fulling
1. needlecraft.
To make something with gathers or puckers.

Idiom: be full up

To be full to the limit.

To have had enough to eat.

Idiom: full of something

Unable to talk about anything but it; engrossed in it.
Example: full of her holidays

Idiom: full of oneself

Having too good an opinion of oneself and one's importance.

Idiom: full of years

literary or old use
Old; aged.

Idiom: full well

Perfectly well.

Idiom: in full

Completely.
Thesaurus: for the entire amount, for the entire value, thoroughly, completely.

At length; in detail.
Example: reported in full

Idiom: in full rig

With the maximum number of masts and sails.

Idiom: in full swing

At the height of activity.

Idiom: to the full

To the greatest possible extent.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.