| ADJECTIVE | all | full | containing as much or as many as is possible or normal |
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| all | full, entire, total | constituting the full quantity or extent | |
| all | full, total | complete in extent or degree and in every particular | |
| all | full, replete | filled to satisfaction with food or drink | |
| all | full | (of sound) having marked deepness and body | |
| all | full, good | having the normally expected amount | |
| all | full, broad | being at a peak or culminating point | |
| all | full, wide, wide-cut | having ample fabric | |
| ADVERB | all | full, fully, to the full | to the greatest degree or extent |
| NOUN | time | full, full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon | the time / time when the Moon is fully illuminated |
| VERB | contact | full | beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening |
| change | full | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering | |
| change | full, wax | increase in phase |
| Sounds | fuh'l | |
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| Rhymes | bagful ... wool: 12 rhymes with uhl... | |
| Meaning | Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal. | |
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| Attribute of | fullness | The condition of being filled to capacity |
| Narrower | afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing | Covered with water |
| air-filled | Full of air | |
| brimful, brimfull, brimming | Filled to capacity | |
| chockablock, chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full | packed full to capacity | |
| congested, engorged | overfull as with blood | |
| egg-filled | Full of eggs | |
| filled | (usually followed by 'with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with | |
| fraught, pregnant | Filled with or attended with | |
| gas-filled | Full of a gas | |
| glutted, overfull | Exceeding demand | |
| heavy, weighed down | Full of | |
| instinct, replete | (followed by 'with') deeply filled or permeated | |
| laden, loaded, ladened | Filled with a great quantity | |
| overladen, overloaded | Loaded past capacity | |
| riddled | Spread throughout | |
| sperm-filled | Filled with sperm | |
| stuffed | Filled with something | |
| stuffed | crammed with food | |
| untouched, untasted | Still full | |
| well-lined | Full of money | |
| Opposite | empty | holding or containing nothing |
| Spanish | completo, lleno | |
| Catalan | ple | |
| Nouns | fullness | the condition of being filled to capacity |
| Meaning | constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. | |
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| Example | "gave full attention" | |
| Synonyms | entire, total | |
| Broader | whole | Including all components without exception |
| Spanish | completo, entero, pleno, todo, total | |
| Catalan | complet, sencer, total | |
| Meaning | complete in extent or degree and in every particular. | |
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| Example | "a full game" | |
| Synonym | total | |
| Broader | complete | Having every necessary or normal part or component or step |
| Spanish | absoluto, completo, perfecto, total | |
| Catalan | absolut, complet, perfecte, total | |
| Nouns | fullness | completeness over a broad scope |
| Adverbs | fully | to the greatest degree or extent |
| Meaning | Filled to satisfaction with food or drink. | |
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| Example | "a full stomach" | |
| Synonym | replete | |
| Broader | nourished | Provided with adequate nourishment |
| Spanish | lleno | |
| Catalan | ple, repleta, tip | |
| Meaning | (of sound) having marked deepness and body. | |
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| Narrower | booming, stentorian | Used of the voice |
| grumbling, rumbling | continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound | |
| heavy, sonorous | Full and loud and deep | |
| orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped | (of sounds) full and rich | |
| plangent | Loud and resounding | |
| rich | pleasantly full and mellow | |
| sounding | Having volume or deepness | |
| Opposite | thin | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume |
| Nouns | fullness | the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing |
| Meaning | Having the normally expected amount. | |
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| Example | "gives full measure" | |
| Synonym | good | |
| Broader | ample | More than enough in size or scope or capacity |
| Spanish | completo | |
| Catalan | complet | |
| Meaning | At a peak or culminating point. | |
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| Example | "full summer" | |
| Synonym | broad | |
| Broader | high | Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount |
| Spanish | pleno | |
| Meaning | Having ample fabric. | |
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| Example | "a full skirt" | |
| Synonyms | wide, wide-cut | |
| Broader | ample | More than enough in size or scope or capacity |
| Spanish | amplio, ancho | |
| Catalan | ample, ampli | |
| Nouns | fullness | greatness of volume |
| Meaning | The time / time when the Moon is fully illuminated. | |
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| Example | "the moon is at the full" | |
| Synonyms | full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon | |
| Part of | month | A time unit of approximately 30 days |
| Narrower | harvest moon | The full moon nearest the September equinox |
| Broader | phase of the moon | A time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance |
| Spanish | luna llena, plenilunio | |
| Catalan | lluna plena, pleniluni | |
| Meaning | To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; ('full' in this sense is used as a combining form). | |
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| Synonyms | fully, to the full | |
| Usage of | combining form | A bound form used only in compounds |
| Spanish | completamente, plenamente | |
| Meaning | beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "full the cloth" | |
| Broader | beat | hit repeatedly |
| Spanish | abatanar, batanar, enfurtir | |
| Nouns | fuller | a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living |
| Meaning | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | abatanar | |
| Meaning | increase in phase. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The moon will soon full | |
| Synonym | wax | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Opposite | wane | decrease in phase |
| Spanish | aumentar de fase, crecer, incrementar la intensidad | |
| Catalan | créixer | |
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