full

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Adverb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 See also 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Norwegian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Adjective 5.3.1 Inflection 5.3.2 Related terms 5.3.3 Derived terms 6 Old English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Adjective 7 Swedish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Adjective 7.3.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: fo͝ol, IPA: /fʊl/, SAMPA: /fUl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ʊl

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English full

[edit] Adjective

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) satisfied, especially in relation to eating.

   "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.

6. Having depth and body; rich.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Related terms

fill -ful fully fullness fulfil full beam

fullblood, full-blood, full blood full-blown full-bodied full-dress full house full marks

full moon full name fullscale full stop to the full

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[edit] Adverb

full (comparative more full, superlative most full)

1. Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
   • 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,

[edit] Etymology 2

Latin fullare, French fouler "to tread, stamp, full"

[edit] Verb

to 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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• fuller
• fuller's earth

[edit] See also

• Danish valke "to walk, waulk, full"
• English walk, waulk (dubious)
• German walken "to tan, waulk, full"
• Middle Dutch walken "to knead, press, full"
• Middle English walken "to roll, toss, journey about" (dubious)

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[edit] Catalan

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Latin folium, leaf

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fullm.

1. sheet of paper

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English

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full m. (plural fulls)

1. (poker) full house

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English

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full m. inv.

1. full house (in poker)

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[edit] Norwegian

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From Old Norse fullr < Proto-Germanic *fullaz < 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)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʉl/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

full

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

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• fylle

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• fullstendig
• fullverdig
• håpefull
• tankefull

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *fullaz, whence also Old High German foll, Old Norse fullr

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full

1. full

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[edit] Swedish

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Old Norse fullr

[edit] Pronunciation

• Pronunciation IPA: /fɵl/  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

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

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (drunk): berusad, dragen, drucken, packad, plakat, påverkad, rund under fötterna