Idioms for full

    in full,
    1. to or for the full or required amount.
    2. without abridgment: The book was reprinted in full.
    to the full, to the greatest extent; thoroughly: They enjoyed themselves to the full.

Origin of full

1
before 900; Middle English, Old English full, ful; cognate with Gothic fulls, Old Norse fullr, Old High German foll (German voll); akin to Latin plēnus, Greek plḗrēs

OTHER WORDS FROM full

full·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH full

full fullness fulsome (see usage note at fulsome)

Definition for full (2 of 2)

full 2
[ foo l ]
/ fʊl /

verb (used with object)

to cleanse and thicken (cloth) by special processes in manufacture.

verb (used without object)

(of cloth) to become compacted or felted.

Origin of full

2
1350–1400; Middle English fullen; back formation from fuller1

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British Dictionary definitions for full (1 of 2)

Derived forms of full

fullness or esp US fulness, noun

Word Origin for full

Old English; related to Old Norse fullr, Old High German foll, Latin plēnus, Greek plērēs; see fill

British Dictionary definitions for full (2 of 2)

full 2
/ (fʊl) /

verb

(of cloth, yarn, etc) to become or to make (cloth, yarn, etc) heavier and more compact during manufacture through shrinking and beating or pressing

Word Origin for full

C14: from Old French fouler, ultimately from Latin fullō a fuller 1

Idioms and Phrases with full

full