Full

/fʊl/ · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
2. Complete; with nothing omitted.
3. Total, entire.
4. Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
5. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
6. (informal, with "of") Replete, abounding with.
7. (informal, of hands, chiefly in the plural) Carrying as much as possible.
8. (of physical features) Plump, round.

Example Sentences

The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.

Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.

Anybody can cure a curable disease if he happens to have the right drug at hand, but the treatment of a condition for which there is no positive cure makes much greater demands on the doctor, who has to be practical pharmacologist, human being, psychiatrist, and father confessor—he has, in fact, to be a proper physician in the fullest sense of the word.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

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

'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.

full member

full officer

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Word Forms

• fuller
• more full
• fullest
• most full
• fulls
• fulling
• fulled

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