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In full   /ɪn fʊl/   Listen
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Full  adj.  (compar. fuller; superl. fullest)  
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. "Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular."
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.
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. "It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed." "The man commands Like a full soldier." "I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted."
4.
Sated; surfeited. "I am full of the burnt offerings of rams."
5.
Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. "Reading maketh a full man."
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. "Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions."
7.
Filled with emotions. "The heart is so full that a drop overfills it."
8.
Impregnated; made pregnant. (Obs.) "Ilia, the fair,... full of Mars."
At full, when full or complete.
Full age (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; in England and the United States the age of 21 years.
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.






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"In full" Quotes from Famous Books



... so light, several hours were necessary to effect all these changes; and by the time the two officers were ascending the terraced street the day had advanced sufficiently to render the visit suitable as to time. Cuffe appearing in full uniform, with epaulettes and sword, his approach attracted notice; and Vito Viti hurried off to apprise his friend of the honor he was about to receive. The vice-governatore was not taken by surprise, therefore, but had some little time ...
— The Wing-and-Wing - Le Feu-Follet • J. Fenimore Cooper

... Colburn employed an overseer on our smaller plantation, and placed him in full charge of the work. This overseer was a mulatto, who had been fifteen years the manager of a large plantation about seven miles distant from ours. In voice and manner he was a white man, but his ...
— Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field • Thomas W. Knox

... Napoleon, vehemently, "if we have not met with the enemy's forces, it may be because they are in full retreat toward Lorraine, and that they are at last tired of carrying on a fruitless struggle with me." [Footnote: Fain, ...
— NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER • L. Muhlbach

... he came out close to a wharf, where the work of the day was in full blast. A large schooner lay there, with "Traveler, of Boston," on her broad stern. She was taking, as a deck-load, some large, squared timbers, and just then had a big one hung by chains from a patent crane, ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various

... in full swing. All through the afternoon boiler-plated knights on mettlesome chargers had hurled themselves on each other's spears, to the vast contentment of all. Bright eyes shone; handkerchiefs fluttered; musical voices urged chosen champions to knock the cover off their brawny adversaries. ...
— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse


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