full

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having the normally expected amount

   gives full measure

2. 2
   adj

   complete in extent or degree and in every particular

   a full game

3. 3
   adj

   containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

   a full glass

4. 4
   adj

   (of sound) having marked deepness and body

   full tones

5. 5
   adj

   filled to satisfaction with food or drink

   a full stomach

6. 6
   noun

   the time when the Moon is fully illuminated

   the moon is at the full

7. 7
   verb

   beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening

   full the cloth

8. 8
   adj

   Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

   The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.

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”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "dru…