Meaning

3 senses
  1. (figuratively)Completely developed or formed.

    We are in the midst of a full-blown crisis.

    voll entfaltet, vollendet, ausgewachsen

    настоящийnastojaščij, форменныйformennyj

  2. (literally)At the peak of blossom; ripe.

    The trees in the garden were resplendent with full-blown white gardenias.

    in voller Blüte, voll aufgeblüht

    fully ripe; at the height of bloom

  3. Filled with wind; puffed up.

    The schooner took to sea with full-blown sails.

    vollgeblasen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
completely developed or formed:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
completely developed or formed:
at the peak of blossom:
filled with wind:

Origin

From full + blown, past participle of blow (“to blossom”).

From full + blown, past participle of blow (“to blossom”).

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Forms

more full-blown, most full-blown
Comparativemore full-blown Lesson
Superlativemost full-blown Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fully ripe; at the height of bloom:matured

Antonyms

2 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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