full
To become full or wholly illuminatedTo become full or wholly illuminated.
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» The sky is full of stars.
Der Himmel ist voller Sterne. — MUIRIEL
Der Himmel ist voll mit Sternen. — Aleksandro40
На небе полно звёзд. — Arkadeko
Небо полно звёзд. — Maksimo
Небо повне зірок. — Ahha
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo become full or wholly illuminated.
(transitive)To baptise.
To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
walken
валятиvaljaty
- make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
- beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
- increase in phase
Examples
2836 sentencesThe sky is full of stars.
Небо повне зірок. — Ahha
ruНа небе полно звёзд. — Arkadeko
deDer Himmel ist voller Sterne. — MUIRIEL
This book is full of mistakes.
У цій книзі повно помилок. — aandrusiak
ruВ этой книге полно ошибок. — afyodor
deDieses Buch ist voller Fehler. — MUIRIEL
The glass is full of milk.
Шклянка повна молока. — Ahha
ruСтакан полон молока. — Aleksej
deDas Glas ist voll mit Milch. — linguaeorbis
Don't speak with your mouth full.
Не балакай з повним ротом. — aandrusiak
ruНе разговаривай с набитым ртом. — tirpitz
deRedet nicht mit vollem Mund. — MUIRIEL
I'm sorry, the flight is full.
Мені прикро, але на рейсі немає вільних місць. — deniko
deTut mir leid, der Flug ist voll. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, pFrom Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill.
From Middle English fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon (“to make holy”)). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”).
From Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Anglo-Norman fuller, fuler, Middle French foller, fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, stamp, full”), from Medieval Latin fullāre, from Latin fullō (“a fuller”). Compare Old English fullian (“to full”).
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Forms
fulls, fulling, fulled, fulledSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Short and long vowels — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- is full of
- full time job
- full of energy
- closet is full
- a full time
- full time
- your mouth full
- basket full of
- mouth full
- full of junk
- work full time
- a basket full
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.