Sekirov Dictionary

full

/fʊl/

adjective 19
noun 4
adverb 1
verb 3
forms 8
phrases 20

adjective19

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holding as much as it can, with no room for any more
- The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
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[in the plural] Carrying as much as possible.
- Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
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Replete, abounding with.
- This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.
- I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
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Filled with emotions.
- The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. — 1848
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Complete; with nothing omitted.
- Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
Surjective as a map of morphisms
Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets operatorname Hom_S(X,Y) and operatorname Hom_C(X,Y) are equal.
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Total, entire.
- She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
- "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
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Having its entire face illuminated.
- For on those evenings, when the moon is full and bright and clear, mothers and fathers in Siam tell their children to look up at the moon and then ask them what they see there. — 1969
Plump, round.
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Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
- a full pleated skirt
- She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
Having depth and body; rich.
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Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
- She's full of her latest project.
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[after a noun] Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
- nines full of aces
- I'll beat him with my kings full!
(Australia) Drunk, intoxicated.
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(no longer used) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
- Reading maketh a full man. — 1625
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(no longer used) Impregnated; made pregnant.
- Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars. — 1697

noun4

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Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
- I was fed to the full.
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The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
- It is like, that the brain of man waxeth moister and fuller upon the full of the moon: … — 1622
A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

adverb1

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(no longer used) Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
- You know full well what makes me look so pale. — 1819

verb3

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
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To become full or wholly illuminated.
- The September moon fulls on the 20th at 24 minutes past midnight, and is called the harvest moon. — 1888
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To baptise.
- And thy disciples fulleden men in thy name, in forgiuenesse of her sinnes. — 1610

forms

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

Phrases with full

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