Noun

• S: (n) full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, full (the time when the Moon is fully illuminated) "the moon is at the full"

Verb

• S: (v) full (beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening) "full the cloth"
• S: (v) full (make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering)
• S: (v) wax, full (increase in phase) "the moon is waxing"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) increase (become bigger or greater in amount) "The amount of work increased"
• S: (v) accrue (grow by addition) "The interest accrues"
• S: (v) spike (manifest a sharp increase) "the voltage spiked"
• S: (v) add to (have an increased effect) "This adds to my worries"
• S: (v) gain, gather (increase or develop) "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed"
• S: (v) explode, irrupt (increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner) "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
• S: (v) pyramid (increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base)
• S: (v) snowball (increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate)
• S: (v) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass (collect or gather) "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
• S: (v) add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of) "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
• S: (v) intensify, deepen (become more intense) "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
• S: (v) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen (make more intense, stronger, or more marked) "The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
• S: (v) grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain) "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
• S: (v) pullulate (become abundant; increase rapidly)
• S: (v) widen (become broader or wider or more extensive) "The road widened"
• S: (v) appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue (gain in value) "The yen appreciated again!"
• S: (v) broaden (become broader) "The road broadened"
• S: (v) shoot up (rise dramatically) "Prices shot up overnight"
• S: (v) wax, mount, climb, rise (go up or advance) "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
• S: (v) wax, full (increase in phase) "the moon is waxing"
• S: (v) crescendo (grow louder) "The music crescendoes here"
• S: (v) swell (increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity) "The music swelled to a crescendo"
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame

Adjective

• S: (adj) full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal) "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
• S: (adj) entire, full, total (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete) "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
• S: (adj) full, total (complete in extent or degree and in every particular) "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"
• S: (adj) full, replete (filled to satisfaction with food or drink) "a full stomach"
• S: (adj) full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body) "full tones"; "a full voice"
• S: (adj) full, good (having the normally expected amount) "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
• S: (adj) broad, full (being at a peak or culminating point) "broad daylight"; "full summer"
• S: (adj) wide, wide-cut, full (having ample fabric) "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"

Adverb

• S: (adv) fully, to the full, full (to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)) "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"