full – English adjective declension

English adjective forms of full

Adjective: full

Comparison Forms

Synthetic

Comparativefuller
Superlativefullest

Perifrastic

Comparativemore full
Superlativemost full

Sample Sentences

  • The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
  • Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
  • Anybody can cure a curable disease if he happens to have the right drug at hand, but the treatment of a condition for which there is no positive cure makes much greater demands on the doctor, who has to be practical pharmacologist, human being, psychiatrist, and father confessor—he has, in fact, to be a proper physician in the fullest sense of the word. [1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763:]
  • Virologist V. S. Kalyanaraman allegedly ordered the discarding of cultures of an AIDS-related virus isolated by French scientists. Some claim he wanted to substitute his own culture to insure fuller credit for the CDC in the event of a breakthrough. [1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The CDC: When Politics & Egos Hamper Saving Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 2:]
  • Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale. [2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:]
  • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]
  • She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
  • full member
  • full officer
  • "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
  • This movie doesn't make sense; it's full of plot holes.
  • I prefer my pizzas full of toppings.
  • Hang on - my hands are full; just let me put these down.
  • full lips; a full face; a full figure
  • For on those evenings, when the moon is full and bright and clear, mothers and fathers in Siam tell their children to look up at the moon and then ask them what they see there. [1969, Alan S. Feinstein, Folk tales from Siam, page 82:]
  • a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
  • a full singing voice
  • Reading maketh a full man. [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Studies”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
  • She's full of her latest project.
  • Everyone is now full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. [1693, [John Locke], “§7”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:]
  • The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. [1848, James Russell Lowell, The Vision of Sir Launfal:]
  • Ilia, the fair, […] full of Mars. [1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
  • nines full of aces
  • I'll beat him with my kings full!
  • Mr. Coniff: That is the only evidence you gave of his being intoxicated, that his hat was on the side? […] Mr. Coniff: That is the only indication you gave the committee when you were asked if the judge was full, that his hat was on the side of his head; is that right? [1925, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 1, Charges Against William E. Baker, U.S. District Judge]

Adjectives inflected like full

wholsom, seldom, scared, solemn, silent, beloved, uptight, perfect, useless, up-tight, selfish, distinct, discreet, Dutch, reckless, bumfuck, worthless, slender, faithfull, shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

1. From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
2. Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá).
3. See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages. See: Dutch Adjectives 'vol', German Adjectives 'voll', English Adjectives 'plenty'.

Verbs referencing "full"

English Adjectives complete, French Adjectives full, Irish Adjectives lán, German Adjectives voll, Polish Adjectives ful, Portuguese Adjectives cheio.