be full
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Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To have eaten enough food so that one no longer feels hungry; to be satisfied or sated from eating.
- To contain or hold as much as possible; to have no available space or capacity remaining.
Examples of Usage
- Verb (intransitive):
- After the large meal, I am completely full and couldn't eat another bite.
- Please don't offer me dessert; I am full.
- The theater is full; there are no more seats available.
- Her schedule is full of appointments this week.
Advanced Usage
- "to be full of oneself": to be excessively proud or conceited.
- Ever since he won the award, he has been full of himself.
- "to be full of something": to contain or have a large amount of a particular thing, often an emotion or quality.
- Her speech was full of hope for the future.
- The report is full of errors.
Variants and Related Words
- Full (adjective): containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.
- a full glass of water
- Fullness (noun): the state of being full.
- the fullness of the moon; a feeling of fullness after eating
- Fill (verb): to make or become full.
- Please fill this container with water.
Synonyms
- Sated / Satiated: satisfied fully, especially with food.
- Stuffed (informal): extremely full from eating.
- Replete: filled or well-supplied with something.
- Crammed / Packed: completely full of people or things.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Fill up: to become or make something completely full.
- The gas tank filled up quickly.
- This meal will fill you up.
Related Idioms
- Full to the brim: completely full.
- The cup was full to the brim with coffee.
- Have one's hands full: to be very busy or have a lot of problems to deal with.
- With three young children, she has her hands full.
Verb
- be sated, have enough to eat
- I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please