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adj/fʊl/[fʊɫ]/fʉl/
  1. 1

    Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

    • The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
  2. 2

    Complete; with nothing omitted.

    • Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
  3. 3

    Complete; with nothing omitted.; Surjective as a map of morphisms

  4. 4

    Complete; with nothing omitted.; Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets operatorname Hom_S(X,Y) and operatorname Hom_C(X,Y) are equal.

  5. 5

    Total, entire.

    • She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
  6. 6

    Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.

    • full member
    • full officer
  7. 7

    Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.informal

    • "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
  8. 8

    Replete, abounding with.informal

    • This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.
    • I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
  9. 9

    Carrying as much as possible.in-pluralinformal

    • Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
  10. 10

    Plump, round.

    • full lips; a full face; a full figure

syn. complete · thorough · baggy · big · large · loose · outsized · oversized · voluminous

ant. empty · incomplete · partial · hungry · starving · close-fitting · small · tight

adv/fʊl/[fʊɫ]/fʉl/
  1. 1

    Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.archaicnot-comparable

    • […] full in the centre of the sacred wood
    • You know full well what makes me look so pale.
noun/fʊl/[fʊɫ]/fʉl/
  1. 1

    Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.

    • I was fed to the full.
  2. 2

    The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.

    • It is like, that the brain of man waxeth moister and fuller upon the full of the moon: …
  3. 3

    A flip involving a complete turn in midair.

  4. 4

    An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

verb/fʊl/[fʊɫ]/fʉl/
  1. 1

    To become full or wholly illuminated.

    • The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon.
    • "By the black cave of Atropos, when the moon fulls, keep thy tryst!"
verb/fʊl/[fʊɫ]/fʉl/
  1. 1

    To baptise.transitive

    • And thy diſciples fulleden men in thy name, in forgiueneſſe of her ſinnes.
verb/fʊl/[fʊɫ]/fʉl/
  1. 1

    To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

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