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Meaning of full steam

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

full

Pronunciation:/fʊl//fʊl/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

    Example: The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.

  2. Complete; with nothing omitted.

    Example: Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.

  3. Total, entire.

    Example: She had tattoos the full length of her arms.   He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

  4. Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

    Example: "I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.

adverb

Definitions

  1. Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

full

Pronunciation:/fʊl//fʊl/

noun

Definitions

  1. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.

    Example: I was fed to the full.

  2. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.

  3. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.

verb

Definitions

  1. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.

full

Pronunciation:/fʊl//fʊl/

verb

Definitions

  1. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk