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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Full \Full\, n. Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree. [1913 Webster] The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Full of the moon}, the time of full moon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Full \Full\, v. i. To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Full \Full\, adv. Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. [1913 Webster] The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The diapason closing full in man. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Full in the center of the sacred wood. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Note: Full is placed before adjectives and adverbs to heighten or strengthen their signification. "Full sad." --Milton. "Master of a full poor cell." --Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." --T. Gray. Full is also prefixed to participles to express utmost extent or degree; as, full-bloomed, full-blown, full-crammed full-grown, full-laden, full-stuffed, etc. Such compounds, for the most part, are self-defining. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Full \Full\, v. i. To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Full \Full\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fulling}.] [OE. fullen, OF. fuler, fouler, F. fouler, LL. fullare, fr. L. fullo fuller, cloth fuller, cf. Gr. ? shining, white, AS. fullian to whiten as a fuller, to baptize, fullere a fuller. Cf. {Defile} to foul, {Foil} to frustrate, {Fuller}. n. ] To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Full \Full\ (f[.u]l), a. [Compar. {Fuller} (f[.u]l"[~e]r); superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. plh`rhs, Skr. p[=u][.r]na full, pr[=a] to fill, also to Gr. poly`s much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.] 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. [1913 Webster] Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. [1913 Webster] 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. [1913 Webster] It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. [1913 Webster] The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 4. Sated; surfeited. [1913 Webster] I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. [1913 Webster] 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. [1913 Webster] Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. [1913 Webster] Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 7. Filled with emotions. [1913 Webster] The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. [1913 Webster] 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak. {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott. {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. {Full brother} or {Full sister}, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. {Full moon}. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given. {Full sea}, high water. {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; "Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings." South (Colloq.) {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. {In full blast}. See under {Blast}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: full adv 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"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged" [syn: {fully}, {to the full}, {full}] adj 1: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing" [ant: {empty}] 2: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure" [syn: {entire}, {full}, {total}] 3: complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: {full}, {total}] 4: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" [syn: {full}, {replete(p)}] 5: (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" [ant: {thin}] 6: having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" [syn: {full}, {good}] 7: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" [syn: {broad(a)}, {full(a)}] 8: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt" [syn: {wide}, {wide-cut}, {full}] n 1: the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full" [syn: {full moon}, {full-of-the-moon}, {full phase of the moon}, {full}] v 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" [syn: {wax}, {full}] [ant: {wane}] From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: full 1. drunk; intoxicated 2. complete; full