Definitions for full

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full full

Spelling: [foo l]

IPA: /fʊl/

Full is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 14 anagrams from letters in full (fllu).

Definitions for full

noun

1. the highest or fullest state, condition, or degree:

Idioms

1. in full, to or for the full or required amount. without abridgment:
2. to the full, to the greatest extent; thoroughly:

adverb

1. exactly or directly:
2. very:
3. fully, completely, or entirely; quite; at least:

adjective

1. completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity:
2. complete; entire; maximum:
3. of the maximum size, amount, extent, volume, etc.:
4. (of garments, drapery, etc.) wide, ample, or having ample folds.
5. abundant; well-supplied:
6. filled or rounded out, as in form:
7. engrossed; occupied (usually followed by of):
8. of the same parents:
9. Music. ample and complete in volume or richness of sound.
10. (of wines) having considerable body.
11. Baseball. (of the count on a batter) amounting to three balls and two strikes: having base runners at first, second, and third bases; loaded.
12. being slightly oversized, as a sheet of glass cut too large to fit into a frame.
13. Poker. of or relating to the three cards of the same denomination in a full house:

verb (used with object)

1. Sewing. to make full, as by gathering or pleating. to bring (the cloth) on one side of a seam to a little greater fullness than on the other by gathering or tucking very slightly.
2. to cleanse and thicken (cloth) by special processes in manufacture.

verb (used without object)

1. (of the moon) to become full.
2. (of cloth) to become compacted or felted.

Origin of full

before 900; Middle English, Old English full, ful; cognate with Gothic fulls, Old Norse fullr, Old High German foll (German voll); akin to Latin plēnus, Greek plḗrēs

Examples for full

You will need practice to reap the full benefit of my instructions.

And the Absinthe House has a full list: Other famous imbibers include P.T. Barnum, Oscar Wilde, and General Robert E. Lee.

But Winning Marriage will be essential for the historian who, someday, tries to tell the full story.

So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.

Her full lips were parted before him, but he did not kiss them.

I don't believe I ever drew a full breath until I came to these altitudes.

Blow it,” he said, taking off the chain, “my mouth is too full of slime.

Whether he gets his full due in popular culture remains to be seen.

And the wild ducklings are out on the pool, and the woods are full of song.

For his part, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has expressed his “full confidence” in Representative Scalise.