full-blown

English

Adjective

full-blown (comparative more full-blown, superlative most full-blown)

1. Completely developed or formed.

   We are in the midst of a full-blown crisis.

2. At the peak of blossom; ripe.

   The trees in the garden were resplendent with full-blown white gardenias.

3. Filled with wind; puffed up.

   The schooner took to sea with full-blown sails.

Synonyms

• full-bore, full-fledged

Translations

completely developed or formed

• German: voll aufgeblüht, voll entfaltet (de), (colloquial) vollendet (de), vollgeblasen
• Italian: in piena regola
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• Russian: настоящий (ru) (nastojaščij), форменный (ru) (formennyj)
• Turkish: tam gelişmiş (tr)

at the peak of blossom

• German: in voller Blüte, voll aufgeblüht
• Swedish: fullt utslagen
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• Turkish: tamamen açılmış (tr)/açmış (tr)

filled with wind

• German: vollgeblasen
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• Turkish: tamamen şişmiş

References

• “full-blown”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.