Definition

1. 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

1. be sated, have enough to eat
   • I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please