full
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
- a full glass
- a sky full of stars
- a full life
Similar word(s): afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing, brimful, brimfull, brimming, chockablock, chockful, congested, engorged, filled, fraught, pregnant, glutted, overfull, heavy, instinct, replete, laden, ladened, loaded, overladen, overloaded, riddled, stuffed, untasted, untouched
2. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
- gave full attention
Similar word(s): whole, entire, total
3. complete in extent or degree and in every particular
- a full game
Similar word(s): complete, total
4. filled to satisfaction with food or drink
- a full stomach
Similar word(s): nourished, replete
5. (of sound) having marked deepness and body
- full tones
- a full voice
Similar word(s): booming, stentorian, grumbling, rumbling, plangent, rich, orotund, rotund, round, heavy, sonorous, sounding
6. having the normally expected amount
- gives full measure
7. being at a peak or culminating point
- full summer
8. having ample fabric
- a full skirt
Sentences with full as an adjective:
- The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
- Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
- She had tattoos the full length of her arms.
- "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
- a full pleated skirt;
- a full singing voice
- She's full of her latest project.
adverb
1. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
- fully grown
- he didn't fully understand
- knew full well
Similar word(s): fully
noun
1. the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
- the moon is at the full
Definition categories: time
Sentences with full as a noun:
- I was fed to the full.