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say it: fuul
full is an adjective, verb, noun and adverb meaning "containing as much or as many as is possible or normal". It carries 13 recorded senses.
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”
make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
“the moon is at the full”
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
“fully grown”
“he didn't fully understand”
“knew full well”
“full-grown”
“full-fledged”
combining form
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for full come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.