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Adjective: full (fuller,fullest)  fûl
  1. Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
    "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"
     
  2. Complete, with no part missing or lacking
    "The full amount was paid";
    - entire, total
     
  3. Filled to satisfaction with food or drink
    "a full stomach";
    - replete
     
  4. Having the normally expected amount
    "gives full measure";
    - good
     
  5. (of sound) having marked deepness and body
    "full tones"; "a full voice"
     
  6. Being at a peak or culminating point
    "full summer";
    - broad
     
  7. Having ample fabric
    "a full skirt";
    - wide, wide-cut
Adverb: full  fûl
  1. To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely
    "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"; "They enjoyed the experience to the full";
    - fully, to the full
Noun: full  fûl
  1. The time when the Moon is fully illuminated
    "the moon is at the full"; "Werewolf legends often involve transformations during the full moon";
    - full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon
Verb: full  fûl
  1. Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
    "full the cloth"
     
  2. Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
    "The dressmaker fulled the skirt to create more volume"
     
  3. Increase in phase
    "The moon fulled as the month progressed";
    - wax

Derived forms: fuller, fulled, fulls, fullest, fulling

See also: afloat, air-filled, ample, awash, booming, brimful, brimming, chockablock [informal], chock-a-block [informal], chocker [informal], chockers [informal], chockful, chock-full, choke-full [rare], chuck-full [rare], complete, congested, copious, cram full, egg-filled, engorged, filled, flooded, fraught, fullness, fulness, gas-filled, glutted, grumbling, heavy, high, imbued, instinct, inundated, laden, ladened [rare], loaded, nourished, orotund, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, pear-shaped, plangent, plenteous [literary], plentiful, pregnant, replete, rich, riddled, rotund, round, rumbling, sonorous, sounding, sperm-filled, stentorian, stuffed, untasted, untouched, weighed down, well-lined, whole

Type of: alter, beat, change, increase, modify, phase of the moon

Antonym: empty, thin, wane

Part of: month

Encyclopedia: Full, Stephen