full
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Old English full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Swedish and Norwegian full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, cf. plenus), Welsh llawn, Russian полный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa).
Adjective
full (comparative fuller, superlative fullest)
- Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.
- The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
- Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
- Total, entire.
- She had tattoos the full length of her arms.
- He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
- (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
- "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
- Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
- She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
- a full pleated skirt
- Having depth and body; rich.
Synonyms
- (containing the maximum possible amount): abounding, brimful, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full, full up, full to bursting, full to overflowing, jam full, jammed, jam-packed, laden, loaded, overflowing, packed, rammed, stuffed
- (complete): complete, thorough
- (total): entire, total
- (satisfied, in relation to eating): glutted, gorged, sated, satiate, satiated, satisfied, stuffed
- (of a garment): baggy, big, large, loose, outsized, oversized, voluminous
Antonyms
- (containing the maximum possible amount): empty
- (complete): incomplete
- (total): partial
- (satisfied, in relation to eating): empty, hungry, starving
- (of a garment): close-fitting, small, tight, tight-fitting
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Adverb
full (not comparable)
- (archaic) Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act IV, Scene I, verse 112
- You know full well what makes me look so pale.
- (Can we date this quote?) Dante Gabriel Rosetti, William Blake, lines 9-12
- This cupboard (...) / this other one, / His true wife's charge, full oft to their abode / Yielded for daily bread the martyr's stone,
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, IX
- It is full strange to him who hears and feels, / When wandering there in some deserted street, / The booming and the jar of ponderous wheels, [...]
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act IV, Scene I, verse 112
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Etymology 2
From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelǝ-, *plē- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.
Noun
full (plural fulls)
- Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
- Sicilian tortures and the brazen bull, Are emblems, rather than express the full Of what he feels. — Dryden.
- I was fed to the full.
- 1911, Berthold Auerbach, Bayard Taylor, The villa on the Rhine:
- [...] he had tasted their food, and found it so palatable that he had eaten his full before he knew it.
- 2008, Jay Cassell, The Gigantic Book Of Hunting Stories:
- Early next morning we were over at the elk carcass, and, as we expected, found that the bear had eaten his full at it during the night.
- 2010, C. E. Morgan, All the Living: A Novel:
- When he had eaten his full, they set to work again.
- (of the moon) The phase of the moon when it is entire face is illuminated, full moon.
- 1765, Francis Bacon, The works of Francis Bacon:
- It is like, that the brain of man waxeth moister and fuller upon the full of the moon: [...]
- 1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (editor), Works, Volume VII: Practical Works, Revised edition, page 219,
- This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses, while the shadow of this sinful mass hides her beauty from the world.
- 1765, Francis Bacon, The works of Francis Bacon:
Derived terms
- at full, at the full
- in full
- to the full
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Verb
full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled)
- (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.
- 1888 September 20, "The Harvest Moon," New York Times (retrieved 10 April 2013):
- The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon.
- 1905, Annie Fellows Johnston, The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation, ch. 4:
- "By the black cave of Atropos, when the moon fulls, keep thy tryst!"
- 1918, Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Story Of Waitstill Baxter, ch. 29:
- "The moon fulls to-night, don't it?"
- 1888 September 20, "The Harvest Moon," New York Times (retrieved 10 April 2013):
Etymology 3
From Middle English fullen, fulwen, from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from Proto-Germanic *fullawīhōną (“to fully consecrate”), from Proto-Germanic *fulla- (“full-”) + Proto-Germanic *wīhōną (“to hallow, consecrate, make holy”). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).
Verb
full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled)
- (transitive) To baptise.
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Etymology 4
Middle English, from Old French fuller, fouler (“to tread, to stamp, to full”), from Medieval Latin fullare, from Latin fullo (“a fuller”)
Verb
full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled)
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Etymology
From Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French feuille, Spanish hoja, Italian foglia (the latter from Latin folia, plural of folium).
Noun
full m (plural fulls)
- sheet of paper
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Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include Danish fuld, Swedish full, Icelandic fullur, German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Gothic 𐍆𐌵𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ) , Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plērēs) and πλέως (pleōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa)
Pronunciation
Adjective
full
Inflection
| Bokmål | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine singular | full | fulle | Comparative | fullere | Superlative | fullest | fulleste | |
| Feminine singular | full | fulle | ||||||
| Neuter singular | fullt | fulle | ||||||
| Plural | fulle | fulle | ||||||
| Nynorsk | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | ||||
| Masculine singular | full | fulle | Comparative | fullare | Superlative | fullast | fullaste | |
| Feminine singular | full | fulle | ||||||
| Neuter singular | fullt | fulle | ||||||
| Plural | fulle | fulle |
Related terms
- fylle
Derived terms
- fullstendig
- fullverdig
- håpefull
- tankefull
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ful, Old Saxon ful, full, Old High German foll, Old Norse fullr, and Gothic 𐍆𐌵𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls).
Indo-European cognates include Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plērēs) and πλέως (pleōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa).
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Adjective
full (full)
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *fullą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pēl(w)- (“a kind of vessel”). Akin to Old Saxon full (“beaker”), Old Norse full (“beaker”).
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Noun
full n
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Pronunciation
Adjective
full
- full (containing the maximum possible amount)
- drunk, intoxicated
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