full
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
Adjective 4 meanings
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
“The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.”
Complete; with nothing omitted.
“Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.”
Total, entire.
“She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
Noun 4 meanings
Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
“I was fed to the full.”
The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
Verb 3 meanings
To become full or wholly illuminated.
To baptise.
To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
Etymology
From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
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FULL at a glance
FULL has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + U 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #246 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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