Definitions for the word "full" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. Compar.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. Compar.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. Compar.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. Compar.
Sated; surfeited.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. Compar.
Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. Compar.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. Compar.
Filled with emotions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. Compar.
Impregnated; made pregnant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. adv.
Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. adj.
1 holding all it can (bucket is full; full of water). 2 having eaten all one can or wants. 3 abundant, copious, satisfying (a full life; full details). 4 (foll. By of) having an abundance of (full of vitality). 5 (foll. By of) engrossed in (full of himself). 6 complete, perfect (full membership; in full bloom). 7 (of tone) deep and clear. 8 plump, rounded (full figure). 9 (of clothes) ample, hanging in folds. adv. 1 very (knows full well). 2 quite, fully (full six miles). 3 exactly (full on the nose). full up colloq. Completely full. In full 1 without abridgement. 2 to or for the full amount
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
15. v.
Clean and thicken (cloth). [from *fuller]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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