full¹ /fŭl/

1. Holding all that can be contained
2. Having no empty space
3. Replete
4. Abundantly supplied or furnished
5. Abounding
6. Copious
7. Filling
8. Containing the whole matter
9. Complete
10. Perfect
11. Maximum
12. Strong
13. Clear
14. Intense
15. Swelled or rounded
16. Protuberant
17. Having an excess of material
18. At the height of development or end of course
19. (with of) unable to think or talk of anything but
20. Drunk (informal)

1. The completest extent, eg of the moon
2. The highest degree
3. The whole
4. The time of full moon

To make with gathers or puckers

To become full

1. Quite
2. Thoroughly or truly
3. Directly

fullˈish adjective

Inclined to fullness

fullˈness or fulˈness noun

1. The state of being full
2. The moment of fulfilment
3. Plenty or wealth (Shakespeare)

fullˈy adverb

1. Completely
2. Entirely
3. Quite

fullˈ-aˈcorned adjective (Shakespeare)

Full-fed with acorns

fullˈ-aged adjective

Having reached majority

full back noun

1. In various sports, a player positioned towards the back of the field, usu with a defensive role
2. See also back¹

full beam noun

The strongest, undipped, setting of a vehicle's headlights

full blast noun

Full operation

fullˈ-blastˈ adverb

With maximum energy and fluency

fullˈ-blood noun

An individual of unmixed descent

fullˈ-bloodˈed adjective

1. Having a full supply of blood
2. Vigorous, using maximum force or energy
3. Thoroughbred or of unmixed descent
4. Related through both parents

fullˈ-blown adjective

1. Fully expanded, as a flower
2. Beyond the first freshness of youth
3. Fully qualified, developed or admitted
4. Puffed out to fullness

full board noun

(in hotels, etc) the providing of bed and all meals

fullˈ-bodˈied adjective

With much body, flavour or substance

fullˈ-bore adjective

(of a firearm) of larger calibre than small-bore

fullˈ-bottom noun

A full-bottomed wig

fullˈ-bottˈomed adjective

Having a full or large bottom, eg of a wig

fullˈ-bound adjective (bookbinding)

With the boards covered as well as the back

full brother or full sister noun

A son or daughter of the same parents as another

fullˈ-charged adjective

Fully loaded (lit and figurative)

fullˈ-cirˈcle adverb

1. Round in a complete revolution
2. So as to return to an original position, state, etc

fullˈ-cockˈ noun

The position of a gun cock drawn fully back, or of a tap fully open

adverb

In that position

fullˈ-cockedˈ adjective

full-court press noun

1. The aggressive tactic of confronting opponents in all areas of the court rather than only in one's own defensive area (basketball)
2. Maximum effort (US inf)

full cousin noun

The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt, a first cousin

fullˈ-creamˈ adjective

1. (of milk) not skimmed
2. Made with unskimmed milk

fullˈ-dress adjective

In or requiring the dress (full dress) worn on occasions of state or ceremony

full-dress debate noun

A set debate of some importance in which the leaders take part

fullˈ-eyed adjective

With large prominent eyes

fullˈ-face or fullˈ-faced adjective

1. Facing straight towards the viewer
2. Having a full or broad face
3. (of type) boldfaced

full-fashioned see fully-fashioned below.

fullˈ-fed adjective

Fed to plumpness or satiety

full-fledged see fully-fledged below.

fullˈ-fraught adjective (Shakespeare)

Fully charged, equipped or endowed, all-round

fullˈ-frontˈal adjective

1. Of the front view of a completely naked man or woman (also fullˈ-frontˈ)
2. With no detail left unrevealed (figurative)
3. Unrestrained (figurative)

noun

Such a view or picture

fullˈ-grown adjective

Grown to full size

full hand see full house below.

fullˈ-handˈed adjective

Bearing something valuable, eg a gift

fullˈ-heartˈed adjective

1. Full of heart or courage
2. Fraught with emotion

fullˈ-hot adjective (Shakespeare)

Heated to the utmost

full house noun

1. A performance at which every seat is taken (theatre)
2. (also full hand) three cards of a kind and a pair (poker)
3. (in bingo) all the numbers needed to win
4. A complete set (of anything)

fullˈ-lengthˈ adjective

Extending the whole length

noun

A portrait showing the whole length of a person

adverb

Stretched to the full extent

fullˈ-manned adjective (Shakespeare)

Having a full crew

full marks plural noun

The maximum marks possible in an examination (also used as an expression of approval)

full moon noun

1. The moon with its whole disc illuminated, when opposite the sun
2. The time when the moon is full

full motion video (also full-motion video) noun

A system that provides moving video images and sound on a computer, used in computer games, video playback, etc

fullˈ-mouthed adjective (archaic)

1. Having a full set of teeth
2. Having food in plenty
3. Loud
4. Sonorous

full nelson noun

A type of wrestling hold, a nelson

fullˈ-on adjective (informal)

1. Out-and-out
2. Explicit, blatant, aggressive

fullˈ-orbed adjective (archaic)

1. Having the orb or disc fully illuminated, as the full moon
2. Round

full organ noun

The organ, or great organ, with all or most of the stops in use

fullˈ-out adjective

1. At full power
2. Total

fullˈ-page adjective

Occupying a whole page

fullˈ-peltˈ, fullˈ-speedˈ, fullˈ-splitˈ or full-tiltˈ adverb

With highest speed and impetus

full pitch or full toss noun (cricket)

A ball which does not or would not bounce before passing or hitting the batsman's wicket

full point same as full stop below.

fullˈ-riggedˈ adjective

Having three or more masts square-rigged

fullˈ-sailed adjective

1. Having all sails set
2. Having sails filled with wind
3. Advancing with speed and momentum

fullˈ-scale adjective

1. Of the same size as the original
2. Involving full power or maximum effort

full score noun

A complete musical score with a staff or line for every part

full service history noun

The complete details of repairs and servicing done to a vehicle from new (abbrev FSH or fsh)

full sister see full brother above.

full-speed, full-split see full-pelt above.

full stop noun

1. A point marking the end of a sentence
2. An end or halt

fullˈ-summed adjective (archaic)

Complete in all its parts

fullˈ-throatˈed or fullˈ-voiced adjective

Singing, etc with the whole power of the voice

full-tilt see full-pelt above.

full time noun

The end of a football, rugby, etc match

fullˈ-time adjective

Occupied during or extending over the whole working day, week, etc

fullˈ-timˈer noun

full toss see full pitch above.

full-voiced see full-throated above.

fullˈ-winged adjective (Shakespeare)

Having wide, strong wings

fullyˈ-fashioned or fullˈ-fashioned adjective

(of garments, esp stockings) shaped to fit the body closely

fullyˈ-fledged or fullˈ-fledged adjective

1. Completely fledged
2. Having attained full rank or membership

at the full

At the height, eg of one's good fortune, etc

full and by (nautical)

Close-hauled to the wind

full-line forcing

The supplying of a particular product by a company to a customer only on condition that the customer takes the whole range of the company's product

full of oneself

Having a high or exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, etc (also full of one's own importance), too much the subject of one's own conversation

full of years (archaic)

1. Old or aged
2. At a good old age

full sail see under sail¹

full steam ahead see under steam

full up

1. Full to the limit
2. Sated or wearied (informal)

in full

Without reduction or omission

in full cry

(esp of hounds) in hot pursuit

in full rig (nautical)

With maximum number of masts and sails

in full swing

At the height of activity

in the fullness of time

At the due or destined time

the full monty /monˈti/ (informal)

Everything that there is or that one needs

to the full

In full measure or completely

full² /fŭl/

1. To scour and beat, as a means of finishing or cleansing woollens
2. To scour and thicken in a mill

fullˈage noun

The charge for fulling cloth

fullˈer noun

A person who fulls cloth

fuller's earth noun

1. An earthy hydrous aluminium silicate, used to absorb grease and as a filter
2. (with caps) a division of the English Jurassic (geology)

fullˈer's-herb noun

A tall herb, soapwort

fullˈing-mill noun

A mill in which woollen cloth is fulled

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