full
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
• Hypernyms:
phase of the moon
• Hyponyms:
harvest moon
• Part Holonyms:
month
1. beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
- full the cloth
• Derivationally related forms:
fuller
• Hypernyms:
beat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. increase in phase
- the moon is waxing
• Syn:
wax
• Ant:
wane (for: wax)
• Derivationally related forms:
waxing (for: wax)
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The moon will soon full
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal (Freq. 41)
- a full glass
- a sky full of stars
- a full life
- the auditorium was full to overflowing
• Ant:
empty
• Similar to:
afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing,
air-filled, brimful, brimfull, brimming, chockablock, chock-full,
chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full, congested, engorged,
egg-filled, filled, fraught, pregnant, gas-filled, glutted,
overfull, heavy, weighed down, instinct, replete, laden,
loaded, ladened, overladen, overloaded, riddled, sperm-filled,
stuffed, untouched, untasted, well-lined
• Derivationally related forms:
fullness
• Attrubites:
fullness
2. constituting the full quantity or extent;
complete (Freq. 32)
- an entire town devastated by an earthquake
- gave full attention
- a total failure
• Syn:
entire, total
• Similar to:
whole
• Derivationally related forms:
totality (for: total), entireness (for: entire)
3. complete in extent or degree and in every particular (Freq. 7)
- a full game
- a total eclipse
- a total disaster
• Syn:
total
• Similar to:
complete
• Derivationally related forms:
fullness
4. filled to satisfaction with food or drink (Freq. 2)
- a full stomach
• Syn:
replete
• Similar to:
nourished
5. (of sound) having marked deepness and body (Freq. 1)
- full tones
- a full voice
• Ant:
thin
• Similar to:
booming, stentorian, grumbling, rumbling, plangent,
rich, orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped, heavy,
sonorous, sounding
• Derivationally related forms:
fullness
6. having the normally expected amount (Freq. 1)
- gives full measure
- gives good measure
- a good mile from here
• Syn:
good
• Similar to:
ample
7. being at a peak or culminating point
- broad daylight
- full summer
• Syn:
broad
• Similar to:
high
8. having ample fabric
- the current taste for wide trousers
- a full skirt
• Syn:
wide, wide-cut
• Similar to:
ample
• Derivationally related forms:
fullness, wideness (for: wide)
to the greatest degree or extent;
completely or entirely;
('full' in this sense is used as a combining form) (Freq. 3)
- fully grown
- he didn't fully understand
- knew full well
- full-grown
- full-fledged
• Syn:
fully, to the full
• Derived from adjective:
full (for: fully)
• Usage Domain:
combining form
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