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Definition: Full |
FullAdjective1. Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing". 2. Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure". 3. Complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster". 4. (informal) having consumed enough food or drink; "a full stomach". 5. (of sound) having marked depth and body; "full tones"; "a full voice". 6. Having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here". 7. Being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"; "high noon". 8. Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share". 9. Having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt". Adverb1. To the the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; (`full' is used as a combining form as in `full-grown' or `full-fledged'). Verb1. Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering. 2. Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "full" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | Rich in body or substance. High extract content. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Term applied to a wine well balanced and rich in alcohol content and extract. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | Indicates leather made from the unsplit, or full thickness, of hide or skin, e. g. full sheep. See Basil, Roan, Skiver, Split hide. In U. K. sometimes used to indicate a leather tanned solely with one agent, e. g. full chrome in contrast to semi-chrome and full oil in contrast to combination oil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Russian (mudack, mudilo). (references) |
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See:
- Full moon, the phase of the moon
- Full Moon (album)
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Galileo spacecraft took this composite image on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The color is 'enhanced' in the sense that the CCD camera is sensitive to near infrared wavelengths of light beyond human vision. (Larger image)The full moon is the phase of the moon that occurs when the Moon lies on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun. The moon as seen from the surface of the earth is fully illuminated by the sun at this time, presenting a "full" round disc to viewers on earth. As always, only half the total surface of the moon is illuminated.
A full moon is the only time when a lunar eclipse is possible; at that time the moon may move through the shadow cast by the earth. However, because of the tilt of the moon's orbit around the earth relative to the earth's orbit around the sun, the moon may pass above or below the shadow, so a lunar eclipse does not occur at every full moon. Full moons are generally a poor time to conduct astronomical observations, since the bright reflected sunlight from the moon overwhelms the dimmer light from stars.
An approximate formula for the average time of full moon N is:
where D is the number of days (and fractions) since 1 January 2000 00:00:00 TT, and N is an integer.
- D = 20.362954 + 29.5305888531 × N + 102.19 × 10-12 × N 2
To obtain this day expressed in UTC (world clock time) for future events (N > 0), apply the following approximate correction:
The true full moon may differ from this by more than 14 hours, due to periodic perturbations. The long-term error of the formula is approximately 1 × cy2 seconds in TT, and 11 × cy2 seconds in UT (cy is centuries since 2000); see the new moon page for a detailed explanation.
- -0.000739 - 235 × 10-12 × N 2
Full moons are traditionally associated with insanity (hence the terms lunacy and lunatic) and with various unusual phenomena such as lycanthropy.
Neopagans hold a monthly ritual called an Esbat at each full moon.
The traditional Chinese calendar is based on the phases of the moon. The full moon is always the middle of a month. The mid-autumn festival falls on the full moon of the eighth month. The Lantern festival falls on the first full moon of the year. Many religious Chinese people prepare their ritualistic offerings to their ancestors and deities on every full moon and new moon.
Full Moon Names Month Names Other Names Used January Wolf Moon Old Moon February Snow Moon Hunger Moon March Worm Moon Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sugar Moon, Sap Moon April Pink Moon Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon May Flower Moon Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon June Strawberry Moon Rose Moon, Hot Moon July Buck Moon Thunder Moon, Hay Moon August Sturgeon Moon Red Moon, Green Corn Moon September Harvest Moon Corn Moon, Barley Moon October Hunter's Moon Travel Moon, Dying Grass Moon November Beaver Moon Frost Moon December Cold Moon Long Nights Moon These are the traditional names given to each month's Full Moon by Native Americans in the northern and eastern United States. The Moon was used to track the seasons. (From Farmer's Almanac)
The Blue Moon
The origin of the term "Blue Moon" is steeped in folklore, and its meaning has changed and acquired new and interesting meanings and nuances over time. The earliest known recorded usage was in 1528, in a pamphlet entitled Rede Me and Be Not Wrothe: "Yf they say the mone is belewe, we must believe that it is true". This implies the expression had a meaning of something that was absurd, and bears close resemblance to another moon-related adage first recorded in the following year "They woulde make men beleue ... that ye Moone is made of grene chese".
In modern terms, the event known as a blue moon is related to the western calendar system. A blue moon is the second of two full moons to occur in the same calendar month. Blue moons occur infrequently (thus the saying once in a blue moon to denote a rare event), because the length of the calendar month in this system is close to the length of the period of the moon's phases (synodic month). They are not impossible, because every month except February is longer that this period by 1 or 2 days. The next blue moons (based on UTC) will be on July 31, 2004; June 30, 2007; and December 31, 2009.
The original meaning of blue moon was the third full moon in a season when there were four full moons in that season: this had to do with church holy days related to the last or first full moon of a season (like Easter). This usage had been almost entirely forgotten, and the original meaning was uncovered only when researchers for Sky & Telescope magazine noticed that the Maine Farmer's Alamanac from 1829 to 1937 reported blue moons that did not fit the first meaning of the term above. (See What's a Blue Moon?)
Visibly blue moons are rare events. They can be caused by smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere, such as happened after forest fires in Sweden in 1950 and Canada in 1951 and, notably, after the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, which caused blue moons for nearly two years.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Full moon."
Synonyms: FullSynonyms: broad(a) (adj), entire (adj), full(a) (adj), fully (adj), good (adj), replete(p) (adj), to the full (adj), total (adj), undivided (adj), wide (adj), wide-cut (adj), wax (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: full-bodied (food & agriculture). |
| Antonyms: empty (adj), thin (adj), wane (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Clean, cleanse; mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up. |
Completeness | Adjective: complete, entire; whole; perfect; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid, undivided; with all its parts; all-sided. |
Size | Corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced. |
Sufficiency | Adverb: sufficiently, amply; Adjective:; full; in abundance; n. with no sparing hand; to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Full |
| English words defined with "full": At full ♦ cram full ♦ Full age, Full and by, Full butt, full complement, full dress, full gainer, full moon, full of life, Full of the moon, full page, full point, full radiator, full stop, Full swing, full term, Full tilt, full treatment ♦ in full action, in full swing, in full view ♦ make full ♦ To be in full feather, to the full. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "full": 2. full annealing ♦ Branch on Chip Box Full ♦ Chuck Full ♦ designed full supply discharge ♦ full command, Full Fig, full gage, full laziness, Full Monty, FULL OF EMPTINESS, full outer join, full power Xe and Sa, full supply discharge. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "full": Zealful. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Full" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Catalan (blank, form), Norwegian (drunk, full), Swedish (complete, drunk, filled, full, integral, intoxicated, plenary, soused, stiff, tight, undivided). |
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Screenplays | There were other cries, too. Diffrent from those full with fear and lonelyness (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) Fill a man full o' lead, stick him in the ground an' then read words on him. Why, when you've killed a man, why try to read the Lord in as a partner on the job (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase) Yes, sir. As requested, it's full of bugs, which means people will be forced to upgrade for years (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Maybe the world is full of food and sex and spectacle and we're all just hurling towards an acropolis, in which case it's not your fault (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) You are coming back with me to Seattle where I will demand a full pardon, a parade, and a little pink poodle (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) | |
Lyrics | Are full of all tha sweet things ya did for me (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) When your world is full of strange arrangements (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC) Teaching a class full of innocent children (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) In a room full of emptiness (Like A Stone; performing artist: AUDIOSLAVE) Prada, Gucci full length leather, Burbons cool, (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers) | |
Clever | Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. (references; author: Mark Twain) A retired husband is a wife's full time job. (references; author: unknown) Life is full of surprises. Just say "never" and you'll see. (references; author: unknown) Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. (references; author: unknown) There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Sarah saw a shot-silk sash shop full of shot-silk sashes as the sunshine shone on the side of the shot-silk sash shop. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Case of the Full Moon Murders (1974) Full Time Virgins (1973) The Isle Is Full of Noise (1967) Full Circle (1960) Full of Life (1956) | |
Song Titles | World Full of Tears (performing artist: Heretix) HEART FULL OF SOUL (performing artist: Yardbirds ) | |
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 | A dinner is set up on black, gold-rimmed dishes on a black tabletop. There is a mug, a bowl of cut strawberries, and a plate full of green beans, small potatoes and roast beef. A dark multicolored napkin with gold thread is curved around the plate. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | There is a wooden cutting board on a white tablecloth. There are various cuts of meat and fish on both the table and the block, garnished with lemons, watercress and parsley. A blue bowl in the background is full of cottage cheese. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Gonorrhea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, if left untreated will enter the blood, thereby, spreading throughout the body. As is shown here, such full body dissemination may manifest itself as skin lesions and arthritic joints. Credit: CDC. |  | A Zairian nurse in full protective clothing prepares to enter the isolation ward during the Ebola VHF outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire, 1995. Credit: CDC. |
 | "2D Cross Section of a 5-Brane" (movie) by Bob Rutkiewicz. From Physics String Theory/M-Theory, a 5-brane equation that has the same number of holes as the full 10-brane. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B. |  | AH-56 Cheyenne Full Power Test. Credit: NASA. |
 | Neptune Full Disk View. Credit: NASA. |  | Full Disk Views of Io. Credit: NASA. |
 | A natural color NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the full disk of the giant planet ... Credit: NASA. |  | The Hubble telescope has been used to assemble a time-lapse color movie showing a full 16-hour ... Credit: NASA. |
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| "Full of Gas" by Vinicius Caldo Commentary: "Tanque cheio." | "Full Moon 1" by Elle Jiang Commentary: "Moon framed by trees." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Full synthesizer sounding texture with a strong backbeat. | | Full low digital string chords. |
| A full Latin jazz band playing backgrounds and solos. | | A brief piano excerpt featuring arpeggiated full chords. |
| A full synthesized orchestra chord. | | A full minor chord sustained after strummed on a guitar. |
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| Author | Quotation |
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | Every great house is full of haughty servants. |
Aristotle | Bad men are full of repentance. |
Benjamin Whichcote | None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. |
Marcus T. Cicero | A man of courage is also full of faith. |
Ovid | Love is full of anxious fears. |
Pierre Corneille | A liar is full of oaths. |
Publilius Syrus | God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones. |
St. Bernard | Hell is full of good intentions or desires. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | The guardian, moreover, so long as he has the wardship of the land, shall keep up the houses, parks, fishponds, stanks, mills, and other things pertaining to the land, out of the issues of the same land; and he shall restore to the heir, when he has come to full age, all his land, stocked with ploughs and wainage, according as the season of husbandry shall require, and the issues of the land can reasonable bear. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Children, I confess, are not born in this full state of equality, though they are born to it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Hence they are full of the most valuable materials for the enlightenment of the working class. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It shall have full powers to administer and operate the railways, canals, and the different public services. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | So far I feel that we are in full agreement. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She could now look forward to giving him that full and perfect confidence which her disposition was most ready to welcome as a duty |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The shops are full from morning to night |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He was full eighteen minutes and a half behind his time |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Here and there she came to a full stop, and peeped curiously into a pool, left by the retiring tide as a mirror for Pearl to see her face in. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Napoleon, turning abruptly, sent off a courier at full speed to Paris to announce that the battle was won. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The full morning light had come |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | [To RICHARD] When I was mortal, my anointed body By thee was punched full of deadly holes |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He cupped his hands full of water and rubbed his face, snorting and bubbling |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He had two large rooms full of wonderful curiosities, and fifty men at work |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Our mouths are full of bacteria. (references) | |
Full recovery from the infection is likely. (references) | ||
The full course of the disease can take years. (references) | ||
Business | BTC has full operational authority. (references) | |
Distributors do not usually carry full inventories. (references) | ||
Bank in the UAE which offers full banking services. (references) | ||
Children | Greece | Athens subway lines provide full accessibility. (references) |
Bolivia | A lack of adequate resources impedes full implementation of the law. (references) | |
Bolivia | However, resource constraints continue to impede full implementation of this law. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Jordan | Jordanians with full citizenship receive passports that are valid for 5 years. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Such organizations report full and unrestricted access to the refugee population. (references) | |
Australia | A full protection visa may be issued at any stage of the asylum adjudication process. (references) | |
Discrimination | Zambia | Constitutional amendments barring native-born citizens of partial or full foreign ancestry from the presidency appear to violate the prohibition on discrimination based on place of origin. (references) |
Economic History | Guatemala | Some provide a full turnkey operation. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Full programming was restored in 1988. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burma | The ILO's governing body asked for a full explanation of the incident. (references) |
Angola | The judge and two lay persons elected by the full court act as the jury. (references) | |
Chile | The FASIC continues to be active on the full range of human rights issues. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Some tribal people oppose the Peace Accord signed by Shantu Larma's group, and continue to demand full autonomy for the CHT tribals. (references) |
Peru | Many indigenous persons lack basic documents such as a birth certificate or a voter's registration card that normally would identify them as full citizens and enable them to play an active part in society. (references) | |
Australia | Howard proposed that Parliament express "its deep and sincere regret" that Aboriginals had "suffered injustices under the practices of past generations, and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to feel." However, both Aboriginal and opposition leaders stated that only a full apology would be sufficient. (references) | |
Minorities | Bhutan | The protests were led by the Bhutan Peoples' Party (BPP), which advocated full citizenship rights for ethnic Nepalese and for democratic reforms. (references) |
Czech Republic | Some Roma refuse to cooperate with compulsory vaccinations for children or are refused treatment by general practitioners who have full quotas of subsidized patients. (references) | |
Liberia | Many persons of Lebanese and Asian descent who were born or have lived most of their lives in the country are denied full rights as a result of this racial distinction. (references) | |
Political Economy | Morocco | Citizens do not have the full right to change their government. (references) |
THAILAND | Thailand's WTO commitments require full market liberalization by 2006. (references) | |
Kenya | KANU and NDP have formed an alliance and are contemplating a full merger. (references) | |
Political Rights | Korea | The political system is dominated completely by the KWP, with Kim Il Sung's heir Kim Jong Il in full control. (references) |
El Salvador | Ten political parties, representing the full political spectrum, fielded seven candidates in the March 1999 presidential elections. (references) | |
Singapore | A general election was held on November 3, after the Prime Minister requested that Parliament be dissolved on October 18, more than 6 months before the end of its full term. (references) | |
Trade | Denmark | Denmark is a full member of the EU and the WTO. (references) |
Brazil | Given, this development, the CET is currently full of exceptions. (references) | |
Guinea | A full schedule is available upon request from the customs office. (references) | |
Travel | Azerbaijan | E-mail and full Internet service are available via local Internet providers. (references) |
Ghana | Several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer a full range of on-line services. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Since May 1996, full Internet connectivity on a commercial basis has been made available. (references) | |
Women | Portugal | The Civil Code provides for full legal equality for women. (references) |
Netherlands | Women are eligible for 16 weeks of maternity leave with full pay. (references) | |
Portugal | Maternity leave was increased in 2000 from 90 days to 120 days with full pay and benefits. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Philippines | The law mandates a full day of rest weekly. (references) |
Nepal | Of that number, 1.7 million children work full time. (references) | |
Vietnam | The law also prescribes annual leave with full pay for various types of work. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEAST, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness. In the Roman Catholic Church feasts are "movable" and "immovable," but the celebrants are uniformly immovable until they are full. In their earliest development these entertainments took the form of feasts for the dead; such were held by the Greeks, under the name Nemeseia, by the Aztecs and Peruvians, as in modern times they are popular with the Chinese; though it is believed that the ancient dead, like the modern, were light eaters. Among the many feasts of the Romans was the Novemdiale, which was held, according to Livy, whenever stones fell from heaven. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. |
Joan Rivers | I'm sure he's a wonderful guest. I'm sure he's full of charm when he wants to be. And I have stories, I'm not going to go in it, that he's done terrible things to people that can't answer him back. Not my boy. |
John McCain | You know, I don't think so, because I think we're going through a process of full and open debate, not only nationally and in our Congress and through the media. This program is being watched every place in the world, as we know. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Listen, it warms me like nothing else to see how much her life has grown from the addition of this beautiful baby girl. And it's very similar to the way I feel my life has totally flourished and become full as the result of my son. |
Rush Limbaugh | Don't think that the Democrats are all-powerful and full of wizardry and that they are going to pull a rabbit out of their hat at the last minute. |
Sarah Ferguson | Well, after the disaster, we were given offices by Credit Swiss First Boston, which was very kind, temporary offices. And then Michael Bloomberg has given us full time office space there in his office, which is very kind. |
Suzanne Somers | Little boys are so full of testosterone and energy, and I have two grandsons that bite each other constantly, but then the girls, they like to play in the corner, and they're just different. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Agreeably thereto, and to the best judgment I was able to form of the public interest after full and mature deliberation, I have added my sanction. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Other details necessary for your full information of the state of things between this country and that shall be the subject of another communication. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This agreement stipulates that its execution shall be in full accord with the Charter of the United Nations Organization. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Likewise, we shall count upon them to assume, within the limits of their resources, their full and just burdens in the common defense of freedom. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Our Gross National Product never regained its full potential. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Tonight the cup of peril is full in Vietnam. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Here in America we are fortunate that most of our people have not only the blessings of liberty but also the means to live full and good, and by the world's standards even abundant lives. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Only with the long overdue reforms will the full tax cut be advisable. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Let's roll up our sleeves and go to work, and put America's economic engine at full throttle. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I'm pleased to report we have also met that goal, two full years ahead of schedule. |
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| "Full" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Full" is used about 26,073 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.82% | 26,025 | 313 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.11% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.03% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26,073 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "full". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Carmel | N/A | Biblical | Full of ears of corn |
| Damascus | N/A | Biblical | A sack full of blood |
| Hanan | N/A | Biblical | Full of grace |
| Samos | N/A | Biblical | Full of gravel |
| Carmella | N/A | English | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmen | N/A | English | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmela | N/A | Italian | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmina | N/A | Italian | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmine | N/A | Italian | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmo | N/A | Portuguese | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmela | N/A | Spanish | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmelita | N/A | Spanish | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmelo | N/A | Spanish | Full of ears of corn |
| Carmen | N/A | Spanish | Full of ears of corn |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Full Circle Industries Plc | USA | Chock Full O'Nuts Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "full": 2. full annealing ♦ a full ♦ a full hour ♦ a full skirt ♦ a full stomach does not know what hunger is ♦ a look full of meaning ♦ a look full of yearning ♦ a man full of resource ♦ a story full of zest ♦ abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate ♦ advanced full round ♦ 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 ♦ be crammed full ♦ be full ♦ be full of ♦ be full of ambition ♦ be full of beans ♦ be full of consideration ♦ be full of contradictions ♦ be full of flavour ♦ be full of hope ♦ be full of joy ♦ be full of life ♦ be full of resource ♦ be full of steam ♦ be full of zip ♦ be in full bloom ♦ be in full rig ♦ be in full swing ♦ be in full vogue ♦ become full ♦ becoming full ♦ below its full complement ♦ below its full strength ♦ branch on Chip Box Full ♦ bring out in full relief ♦ chock full ♦ come full circle ♦ come to a full stop ♦ come to full circle ♦ cram full ♦ crammed full ♦ designed full supply discharge ♦ drawn oneself up to his full height ♦ drive at a full lick ♦ endorsement in full ♦ enjoy to the full ♦ feeling of being full ♦ fly full out ♦ full adder ♦ full admiral ♦ Full age ♦ full ahead ♦ full American plan ♦ Full and by ♦ Full back ♦ Full band ♦ full bank ♦ full beard ♦ Full binding ♦ full blood ♦ full blown ♦ full board ♦ full board and lodging ♦ full bodied ♦ Full bottom ♦ Full brother ♦ full brothers and sisters ♦ Full butt ♦ Full canonicals ♦ full cardigan rib ♦ full cargo ♦ full command ♦ full complement ♦ full container load ♦ full convertibility ♦ full cousin ♦ full cream milk ♦ Full cry ♦ full custom circuit ♦ full custom IC ♦ full cut ♦ full day ♦ full details ♦ full dress ♦ full duplex ♦ full electronic program guide ♦ full electronic program guide service ♦ full electronic programme guide. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "full": full-aged, full-alert, full-algebraic, full-and, full-automatic, full-back, full-backs, full-beamed, full-bearded, full-blast, full-blood, full-blooded, full-bloodedly, full-bloodied, Full-bloomed, full-blossomed, full-blow, full-blown, full-board, full-bodied, full-bodiedness, full-body, full-bosomed, Full-bottomed, full-bottomed breeches, full-bottommed wig, full-breasted, full-bred, full-brother, Full-butt, full-cheeked, full-circle, full-circled, full-clad, full-class, full-colour, full-contact, full-control, full-cost, full-cover, full-coverage, full-cream, full-cream milk, full-custom, full-cut, full-cut-off, full-data, full-day, full-depth, full-dining, full-dose, full-down, full-drainage, full-dress, full-dress rehearsal, full-dress uniform, Full-drive, full-drop, full-duplex, full-duplex Switched Ethernet, full-effect, full-employment, full-face, full-faced, full-faced photo, full-fare, full-fashioned, full-fashioned stockings, full-fat, full-feature, full-featured, full-fed, full-fist, full-flavored, full-flavour, full-flavoured, full-fledged, full-flowered, full-flowing, full-flush, full-flushed, full-focus, full-force, Full-formed, full-frame, full-frontal, full-frontally, full-fronted, full-function, full-girthed, full-gloss, full-grain, full-grant, full-growed, full-grown, Full-hearted, full-height, Full-hot, full-house, full-houses, full-length, full-length film, full-length slip, full-line, full-lipped, Full-manned, full-moon, full-motion, full-motion video, full-mouthed, full-necked, full-needle-rib, full-nerved, full-nose, full-nosed, full-o', full-of-flu, full-of-the-moon, full-on, Full-orbed, full-orchestra, full-out, full-page, full-page advertisement, full-paid, full-pay, full-paying, full-pelt, full-pitch, full-plan, full-plumaged, full-power, full-powered, full-pressure, full-price, full-priced, full-profile, Full-Range, full-rate, full-record, full-rigged, full-rigged vessel, full-rime, Full-sailed, full-scale, full-score, full-screen, full-sentients, full-service, full-service bank, full-sister, full-size, full-sized, full-sized car, full-skirted, full-span, full-speed, full-square, full-starred, full-steam, full-step, full-steps, full-stop, full-stop-sized, full-strength, full-stretch, full-swing, full-tabby, full-term, full-text, full-thickness, full-thighed, full-throated, full-throatedly, full-throttle, full-tilt, full-time, full-time, full-time duty, full-time employee, full-time job, full-time personnel, full-time position, full-time staff, full-time student, full-time teacher, full-time work, full-time-equivalent, full-timer, full-timers, full-to, full-tome, full-toned, full-toss, full-tosses, full-track, full-travel, full-treble, full-up, full-value, full-view, full-voiced, full-VTE, full-wash, full-wave, full-wave rectifier, full-weight, full-well, full-width, Full-winged, full-word, full-words, full-year, full-year-round, full-zip. | |
Ending with "full": half-full, near-full, over-full. | |
Containing "full": ex-full-time, mouth-full-of-marbles. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
2 angel charlies full still throttle | 6,399 | free full movie download | 265 |
angel charlies full premiere throttle | 6,071 | angel charlies full soundtrack throttle | 257 |
angel charlies full throttle | 2,362 | free full version game downloads | 254 |
full moon | 1,707 | full house lottery | 243 |
full house | 1,318 |
