full in Malayalam മലയാളം
full in Sindhi سنڌي
full in English
- full⇄adj. 1a. that can hold no more; with no empty space; filled. Anything is full when it holds all that it is intended to hold.
Ex. a full cup. I have eaten so much that I am full.
(SYN) replete, sated.
b. (Figurative.) ready to overflow - full⇄adv. 1. completely; entirely; fully.
Ex. Fill the pail full.
2. directly; straight; exactly.
Ex. The ball hit him full in the face.
3. very; exceedingly.
Ex. A sailor knows full well the fury of the sea. Full many a flower - full⇄expr. at full, at full length; completely.
Ex. Thus said the bull ... published at full (Chaucer). - full⇄expr. at the full, at full length; completely.
Ex. The power of the house of commons ... is great; and long may it be able to preserve its greatness ... at the full (Edmund Burke). - full⇄expr. full and by, as close as possible to the wind with the sail or sails well filled.
Ex. They held on after us nevertheless, sailing full and by (William C. Russell). - full⇄expr. full of,
a. filled with.
Ex. Her bedroom is full of dolls.
b. absorbed by; completely taken up with.
Ex. The speaker was full of his subject. - full⇄expr. in full,
a. to or for the complete amount.
Ex. They expect payment in full without delay.
b. written or said with all the words; not abbreviated or shortened.
Ex. a document reproduced in full. - full⇄expr. to the full, completely; entirely.
Ex. I must expect my right to the full (William Penn). - full⇄full (1), adjective, adverb, noun, verb.
- full⇄full (2), transitive verb.
to clean and thicken (cloth) by beating and washing or a similar process.
Ex. In this manner a girl can full twenty pair of hose in four or five hours (Robert Southey). - full⇄noun 1. completeness; greatest degree.
Ex. He satisfied his ambition to the full. We discussed the matter to the full.
2. the central portion or height of a period.
Ex. in the full of the London season.
3. (of a moon) the period - full⇄v.i. (of cloth) to become compacted or felted.
- full⇄v.i. to become full.
Ex. The eclipse occurs when the moon fulls. - full⇄v.t. to make with wide folds or much cloth.