Full meaning

What does “full” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“full” is a noun, verb, adjective and adverb with 13 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the time when the Moon is fully illuminated.

full

noun

  1. the time when the Moon is fully illuminated

    “the moon is at the full”

verb

  1. beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening

    “full the cloth”

  2. make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering

  3. increase in phase

    “the moon is waxing”

    Synonymswax

adjective

  1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

    “a full glass”

    “a sky full of stars”

    Oppositesempty
  2. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

    “an entire town devastated by an earthquake”

    “gave full attention”

    Synonymsentiretotal
  3. complete in extent or degree and in every particular

    “a full game”

    “a total eclipse”

    Synonymstotal
  4. filled to satisfaction with food or drink

    “a full stomach”

    Synonymsreplete
  5. (of sound) having marked deepness and body

    “full tones”

    “a full voice”

    Oppositesthin
  6. having the normally expected amount

    “gives full measure”

    “gives good measure”

    Synonymsgood
  7. being at a peak or culminating point

    “broad daylight”

    “full summer”

    Synonymsbroad
  8. having ample fabric

    “the current taste for wide trousers”

    “a full skirt”

    Synonymswidewide-cut

adverb

  1. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)

    “fully grown”

    “he didn't fully understand”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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