Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Complete and whole; not lacking any parts: Describes something that is undivided, unbroken, or includes all its components.
   • Uncastrated (of a male animal): Specifically refers to a male animal, especially a horse, that has not been castrated.
   • Having a continuous margin (of leaves or petals): In botany, describes a leaf or petal edge that is smooth and not indented.

2. Noun:

   • An uncastrated adult male horse: A stallion.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • She read the entire book in one sitting. (This means she read the whole book, every page, without skipping parts.)
  • The farmer kept an entire horse for breeding. (This specifies the horse is a stallion, not a gelding.)
  • The leaf has an entire margin, without any serrations. (This describes the leaf's smooth, uninterrupted edge.)

• Noun:

  • The champion entire sired many successful racehorses. (Here, "entire" is a noun referring to a stallion.)

Advanced Usage

• "In its entire splendor": in its complete and magnificent state.
  • The palace was restored and displayed in its entire splendor.
• "The entire of" (archaic/formal): the whole of something.
  • He devoted the entire of his life to the study of astronomy.

Variants and Related Words

• Entirely (adverb): completely, wholly.
  • I entirely agree with your proposal.
• Entirety (noun): the state of being entire; the whole.
  • He viewed the project in its entirety before making a decision.

Synonyms

• Whole: constituting the full quantity or extent.
• Complete: having all necessary or normal parts.
• Intact: not damaged or impaired in any way.
• Total: comprising the whole number or amount.

Antonyms

• Partial: relating to only a part; not total.
• Incomplete: not having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
• Castrated: (for the specific zoological sense) neutered, gelded.

Related Phrases

• Sum and substance: the entirety or essential part of something (a related concept of wholeness).
• Lock, stock, and barrel: including every part; entirely.

Adjective

1. (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
   • an entire horse
2. (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes
3. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
   • a local motion keepeth bodies integral- Bacon
   • was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime
   • fought to keep the union intact
4. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
   • an entire town devastated by an earthquake
   • gave full attention
   • a total failure

Noun

1. uncastrated adult male horse