full

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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▶adjective

• 1 containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.

  ■ having eaten as much as one is able.

  ■ filled with intense emotion.

  ■ (full of) having a large number or quantity of.

  ■ (full of) unable to stop talking or thinking about: they had their photographs taken and he was full of it.

• 2 not lacking or omitting anything; complete.

  ■ (of a covering material in bookbinding) used for the entire cover.

• 3 plump or rounded: a full figure.

  ■ (of the hair) having body.

  ■ (of a garment) made using much material.

  ■ (of a sound or colour) strong and rich.

• 4 involving a lot of activities: he lived a full life.

• 5 Austral./NZ & Scottish informal drunk.

▶adverb

• 1 straight; directly.

• 2 very: he knew full well she was too polite to barge in.

  ■ archaic entirely.

▶noun (the full)

• 1 archaic the period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength.

• 2 the state or time of full moon.

▶verb

• 1 black English make full; fill up.

• 2 gather or pleat so as to make a garment full.

• 3 dialect or US (of the moon or tide) become full.

– phrases
full and by Sailing close-hauled but with sails filling.
full of oneself very self-satisfied and with an exaggerated sense of self-worth.
full of years archaic having lived to a considerable age.
full on

• 1 running at or providing maximum power or capacity.

• 2 so as to make a direct or significant impact.

  ■ informal not diluted in nature or effect: hours of full-on fun.

full out

• 1 with maximum effort or power.

• 2 Printing flush with the margin.

full steam (or speed) ahead proceeding with as much speed or energy as possible.
full up filled to capacity.
in full

• 1 with nothing omitted.

• 2 to the full amount due.

• 3 to the utmost; completely.

to the full to the greatest possible extent.

– origin OE, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
full2

▶verb (often as noun fulling) clean, shrink, and felt (cloth) by heat, pressure, and moisture.

– origin ME: prob. a back-form. from fuller, influenced by OFr. fouler ‘press hard upon’ or med. L. fullare, based on L. fullo ‘fuller’, of unknown origin.