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FULL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time when the Moon is fully illuminated
Example:
the moon is at the full
Synonyms:
full; full-of-the-moon; full moon; full phase of the moon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("full" is a kind of...):
phase of the moon (a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "full"):
harvest moon (the full moon nearest the September equinox)
Holonyms ("full" is a part of...):
month (a time unit of approximately 30 days)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the normally expected amount
Example:
a good mile from here
Synonyms:
full; good
Classified under:
Similar:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having ample fabric
Example:
a full skirt
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
Derivation:
fullness (greatness of volume)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
Example:
a total failure
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular
Example:
a total disaster
Synonyms:
full; total
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Derivation:
fullness (completeness over a broad scope)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
Example:
the auditorium was full to overflowing
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
heavy; weighed down (full of; bearing great weight)
instinct; replete ((followed by 'with') deeply filled or permeated)
laden; ladened; loaded (filled with a great quantity)
overladen; overloaded (loaded past capacity)
riddled (spread throughout)
sperm-filled (filled with sperm)
stuffed (filled with something)
stuffed (crammed with food)
untasted; untouched (still full)
well-lined (full of money)
glutted; overfull (exceeding demand)
gas-filled (full of a gas)
fraught; pregnant (filled with or attended with)
filled ((usually followed by 'with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with)
egg-filled (full of eggs)
congested; engorged (overfull as with blood)
chock-full; chockablock; chockful; choke-full; chuck-full; cram full (packed full to capacity)
brimful; brimfull; brimming (filled to capacity)
air-filled (full of air)
afloat; awash; flooded; inundated; overflowing (covered with water)
Attribute:
fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)
Antonym:
empty (holding or containing nothing)
Derivation:
fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Being at a peak or culminating point
Example:
full summer
Synonyms:
broad; full
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
high (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(of sound) having marked deepness and body
Example:
a full voice
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
booming; stentorian ((used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant)
grumbling; rumbling (continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound)
plangent (loud and resounding)
rich (pleasantly full and mellow)
orotund; pear-shaped; rotund; round ((of sounds) full and rich)
heavy; sonorous (full and loud and deep)
sounding (having volume or deepness)
Antonym:
thin ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume)
Derivation:
fullness (the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink
Example:
a full stomach
Synonyms:
full; replete
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
nourished (being provided with adequate nourishment)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they full ... he / she / it fulls
Past simple: fulled
Past participle: fulled
-ing form: fulling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase in phase
Example:
the moon is waxing
Synonyms:
full; wax
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "full" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The moon will soon full
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "full" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
Example:
full the cloth
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "full" is one way to...):
beat (hit repeatedly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
fuller (a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; ('full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
Example:
full-fledged
Synonyms:
full; fully; to the full
Classified under:
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Context examples:
But the bushes round were full of the horrible pests, and it was clear that we must shift our camp.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The busy people achieve their full share of mischief in the world, you may rely upon it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Next moment we were both groping downstairs, leaving the candle by the empty chest; and the next we had opened the door and were in full retreat.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
His soul is as hellish as his form, full of treachery and fiend-like malice.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Damage to a blood vessel resulting from a full thickness disruption in the integrity of the vessel wall.
(Blood Vessel Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)
CD28, a T-cell surface-associated co-stimulatory molecule, is required for full T-cell activation, proliferation, and survival.
(Autologous PBTL CD19CAR-28/CD137/zeta, NCI Thesaurus)
OX40 and CD28, both T-cell surface-associated co-stimulatory molecules, are required for full T-cell activation.
(Autologous iC9-GD2-CAR-expressing VZV-specific T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent.
(ALL, NCI Thesaurus)
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