full

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old English full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Germanic cognates include 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) and Lithuanian pilnas.

Adjective [edit]

full (comparative fuller, superlative fullest)

  1. Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.
    The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
  2. Complete; with nothing omitted.
    Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
  3. Total, entire.
    She had tattoos the full length of her arms.
    He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
  4. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
    "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
  5. 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
  6. Having depth and body; rich.
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Terms derived from full (adjective)
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terms related to full (adjective)
Translations [edit]
containing the maximum possible amount
complete
total, entire
satisfied, in relation to eating
of a garment: ample, wide
having depth and body
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Adverb [edit]

full (not comparable)

  1. (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, [...]
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Etymology 2 [edit]

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 [edit]

full (plural fulls)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
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Translations [edit]
utmost measure or extent
phase of the moon — see full moon

Verb [edit]

full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled)

  1. (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?"

Etymology 3 [edit]

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 [edit]

full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled)

  1. (transitive) To baptise.
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Translations [edit]
to baptise — see baptise

Etymology 4 [edit]

Middle English, from Old French fuller, fouler (“to tread, to stamp, to full”), from Medieval Latin fullare, from Latin fullo (“a fuller”)

Verb [edit]

full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled)

  1. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk
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Translations [edit]
to make cloth denser

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Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French feuille, Spanish hoja, Italian foglia (the latter from Latin folia, plural of folium).

Noun [edit]

full m (plural fulls)

  1. sheet of paper

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French [edit]

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English

Noun [edit]

full m (plural fulls)

  1. (poker) full house

Italian [edit]

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English

Noun [edit]

full m (invariable)

  1. full house (in poker)

Norwegian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include 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 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

full

  1. full (containing the maximum possible amount)
  2. drunk

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of full
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

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Old English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós/*pelə-, *plē- (“to fill; full”).

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ful, Old Saxon ful, Old High German foll, Gothic 𐍆𐌵𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), and Old Norse fullr.

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).

Alternative forms [edit]

Adjective [edit]

full (full)

  1. full, filled, complete, entire
Descendants [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

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 [edit]

full n

  1. a beaker.
  2. a cup, especially one with liquor in it.
Declension [edit]
    Declension of full (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative full full
accusative full full
genitive fulles fulla
dative fulle fullum

Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

full

  1. full (containing the maximum possible amount)
  2. drunk, intoxicated

Declension [edit]

Declension of full
Inflections of
full		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common full fullare fullast
Neuter fullt
Definite
singular		 Masc. fulle fullaste
All fulla fullaste
Plural fulla fullaste

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