AT FULL

Definition: AT FULL

AT FULL

1. When full or complete. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Velocity

Adverb: swiftly; Adjective: with speed; Noun: apace; at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed; full drive, full gallop; posthaste, in full sail, tantivy; trippingly; instantaneously.

Crosswords: AT FULL

Midnight coming at full thrust, and (Will2K; performing artist: Will Smith)

'Deutschland' Leaving New York at Full Speed (with Prince Henry of Prussia) (1902)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Steams at full speed, 15.58 knots, over the measured mile at Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1887. Credit: NAVY.

Selma threw herself at full length on the ground. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oil. Here is part of the huge McKean cracking unit of the Quaker State Refining Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania. This plant is working at full capacity to produce oil for the military machines fighting to preserve democracy. Credit: Library of Congress.

These are the solution and vacuum towers of the Quaker State Refinery, at Oil City, Pennsylvania. This refinery is working at full capacity to assure our military forces of ample supplies for the high-grade lubricants needed to operate ships, guns, tanks,. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. These are the solution and vacuum towers of the Quaker State refinery at Oil City, Pennsylvania. This refinery is working at full capacity to assure our military forces of ample supplies of the high-g. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

At full gallop, with free rein, their sabres in their teeth, and their pistols in their hands, the attack began

The three men stretched out at full length and propped themselves on their elbows

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If your BUN is more than 20 mg/dl, your kidneys may not be working at full strength. (references)

If your number is below this normal range, your kidneys are not working at full strength. (references)

In many labs, the normal creatinine range is 0.6 to 1.2 mg/dl. If your creatinine level is only slightly above this normal range, you probably will not feel sick, but the elevation is a sign that your kidneys are not working at full strength. (references)

Business

In some cases, cities that do build treatment plants find they cannot bear the operating costs, so the plants rarely run at full capacity, if at all. Fortunately, things are gradually changing. (references)

This came into effect November 1, 1999. The fees are used to cover the operation costs of urban drainage systems and wastewater treatment plants, and help ensure that the system is kept running at full capacity. (references)

Given the amount of hazardous waste being generated in Thailand today and the current market price for processing this waste (about 6,000 baht per ton), this subsector could be valued at about US$150 million per year. GENCO, which started in late 1998, is not operating at full capacity yet, but when it is, it will be able to handle about 300,000 tons of hazardous waste a year. This leaves a huge amount of untreated hazardous waste and is, potentially, a major opportunity for foreign firms. (references)

Economic History

Uzbekistan

Samarkand, the second largest city of Uzbekistan, is at full capacity. (references)

Cape Verde

The 560-bed hotel resort opened in 1996 is operating at full capacity with charter groups from Italy arriving weekly. (references)

Brazil

Local suppliers have been operating at full capacity, and imports of selected products (circuit breakers, for example) are expected to increase to fulfill the demand. (references)

Human Rights

Singapore

If they wish, Supreme Court Justices may remain in office until the mandatory retirement age of 65, after which they may continue to serve at the Government's discretion for brief, renewable terms at full salary. (references)

Women

United Arab Emirates

A number of women's groups have been pressing the Government to grant mothers 3 months of maternity leave at full pay and to provide day care facilities at the workplace. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "AT FULL": at full blast ♦ at full cock ♦ at full fling ♦ at full gallop ♦ at full length ♦ at full lick ♦ at full pelt ♦ at full sail ♦ at full sea ♦ at full speed ♦ at full throttle ♦ at full tilt ♦ work at full capacity. Additional references.

Albanian

shpejt (apace, at full pelt, before long, chop-chop, express, fast, make it snappy, neck and crop, not far off, on the double, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, speedily, trippingly), në zhvillim të sipër (at full pelt), në maksimum (at full blast), me të gjithë shpejtësinë (at full tilt), me shpejtësi maksimale (at full speed, at top speed). (various references)

Arabic 

‏بكل عزم (at full blast), ‏بكل الطاقة (at full blast), ‏بتهور (at full tilt, blindly, headlong, impulsively, pell mell, rashly), ‏بسرعة فائقة (all out, at full pelt, at full tilt). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стремително (at full speed, at top speed, headlong, intently, sweepingly), с голяма скорост (at full pelt), с все сили (all out, at full tilt), в самата разгара (at full blast), в пълен ход (at full blast). (various references)

Czech

tryskem (at full gallop), pracovat na plnou kapacitu (work at full capacity), naplno (at full blast), na plnou rychlost (at full speed, at top speed), na plné pecky (at full blast), na plné obrátky (at full blast, flat out). (various references)

Finnish

täyttä laukkaa (at full gallop), täyttä karkua (at full gallop), täyttä juoksua (at full speed), täyttä höyryä (at full steam), radio soi täydellä voimalla (the radio was on at full blast). (various references)

French

avec toute la vitesse (at full tilt), avec la folie (at full pelt), avec grande vitesse (at full pelt), par toute la volonté (at full blast), par toute la force (at full blast), imprudemment (at full tilt). (various references)

German

mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit (at full speed, at top speed), in voller länge (at full length). (various references)

Hebrew 

במלוא �"מ�"ירות (at full tilt), במלוא �"קיטור (at full tilt), במלוא �"כח (at full blast), במ�"ירות מרבית (all out, at full pelt, full speed, full tilt, posthaste). (various references)

Hungarian

teljes sebességgel (at a great lick, at a rare bat, at full lick, at full speed, at full tilt, at top speed, full speed, in full sail, in full steam), teljes iramban (at full pelt), teljes gyorsasággal (at a great lick, at full lick), teljes gőzzel (at a great lick, at full lick, at full steam, at full throttle, to drive on full throttle), teljes erőbedobással (at full stretch), maximális sebességgel (at full speed, at top speed), legnagyobb gyorsasággal (at full throttle, with all possible dispatch), gőzerővel (at full throttle, full blast, like smoke), felhúzott kakassal (at full cock). (various references)

Italian

a tutto gas (at full throttle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

驀地 (at full speed), 本� �化 (getting up speed, proceeding at full tilt, regularization), �"っ飛ばす (to beat, to drive at full speed, to knock, to let go off, to not partake, to strike), 一目散に (at full speed), 一目散 (as fast as one can go, at full speed). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まっしぐら (at full speed), ぶっとばす (to beat, to drive at full speed, to knock, to let go off, to not partake, to strike), ほ�"かくか (getting up speed, proceeding at full tilt, regularization), いちもくさ�"に (at full speed), いちもくさ�" (as fast as one can go, at full speed). (various references)

Manx

sheeynt (at full stretch, dilated, drawn out, extended, flat out, laid out, low-pitched, outstretched, procumbent, prolonged, prostrate, prostrated, rakish, sprained, sprawling, spreadeagled, strained, stretched, stretched out, tense, tense of moment, widespread), lane (at full strength, crowded, fraught, full, full-blooded, fully, gravid, loaded, lot, much, plenary, replete, sound, swelling, total, unexpurgated, unexpurgated as edition), ec bieauid ny geayee (at full pelt). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay ullfay.(various references)

Romanian

cu vitezã maximã (at full speed), cu toatã viteza (at full lick, at top speed, with all speed), în poziţie de tragere (at full cock), în plinã vitezã (at full tilt, flat out, full throttle), în grabã mare (at full speed). (various references)

Russian 

полным ходом (apace, at full blast, at full pelt, full-pelt, in full swing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svim snagama (tilt: at full tilt), punom snagom (amain, blast: at full blast), punom parom (pelt: at full pelt, steam: in full steam), punom brzinom (amain, flat out, speed: at full speed). (various references)

Spanish

a toda velocidad (all out, at a rare bat, at full pelt, at full speed, at full tilt, at top speed, in full steam), a toda vela (at full sail), a toda rapidez (at full speed), a toda prisa (as soon as possible, at full speed, posthaste), a toda marcha (at full blast), a toda fuerza (at full tilt), a gran velocidad (at full pelt). (various references)

Swedish

raklång (at full length, full length), i full gång (afloat, at full blast), i full fart (at full pelt, at full speed, at full tilt, in full swing), fyrsprång (at full speed, gallop). (various references)

Turkish

ayrıntılarıyla (at full length, at great length, at some length, thoroughly, warts and all), ateşe hazır (at full cock), tetikte (argus-eyed, at full cock, aware, guarded, on the alert, quick on the trigger, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful), tam süratle (at full pelt), son hızla (at full lick, at full speed, at full tilt), son hızda (at full fling), olanca hızıyla (at full pelt), boylu boyunca (at full length, lengthways, lengthwise), bütünüyle (all, at full length, at large, bang, clear, completely, en bloc, entirely, flat, fully, hollow, in large, quite, totally, up to the hilt), bütün hızıyla (at full tilt). (various references)

Ukrainian

стрімголов (at full pelt, headlong, hotfoot, pell mell, pellmell), у повному розпалі (at full blast), щосили (amain, at full tilt, like anything), швидко (apace, aptly, at full pelt, chop-chop, fast, lightly, nimbly, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, speedily, swift), на всіх парусах (at full sail), повним ходом (at full speed). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fault.

-2 letters: fall, flat, full, tall, tufa.

-3 letters: aft, all, alt, fat, flu, lat, tau, uta.

-4 letters: al, at, fa, la, ta, ut.

+1 letter: fallout, outfall.

+2 letters: artfully, fallouts, faultily, loathful, outfalls, plateful, tableful.

+3 letters: awfullest, factually, fatefully, faultless, flatulent, hatefully, healthful, plaintful, platefuls, platesful, tablefuls, tablesful, tactfully, tearfully, ultraleft.

+4 letters: affluently, boastfully, faithfully, flatulence, flatulency, flocculant, flocculate, fluviatile, ghastfully, gratefully, multiflash, multifocal, platterful, satchelful, tastefully, thankfully, wastefully, watchfully, wrathfully.

+5 letters: beautifully, bullmastiff, carefullest, conflictual, effectually, faultlessly, fearfullest, flatulences, flatulently, flauntingly, flocculants, flocculated, flocculates, flocculator, gratefuller, healthfully, influential, masterfully, multifamily, painfullest, platterfuls, plattersful, satchelfuls, satchelsful, thankfuller, trifluralin, unhealthful.