Chock
(v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block |
Chock
(v. i.) To fill up, as a cavity. |
Chock
(n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it. |
Chock
(n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc. |
Chock
(adv.) Entirely |
Chock
(v. t.) To encounter. |
Chock
(n.) An encounter. |
Chock-full
(a.) Quite full |
Choke-full
(a.) Full to the brim |
Dousing-chock
(n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. |
Full
(Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain |
Full
(Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided |
Full
(Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality |
Full
(Compar.) Sated |
Full
(Compar.) Having the mind filled with ideas |
Full
(Compar.) Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. |
Full
(Compar.) Filled with emotions. |
Full
(Compar.) Impregnated |
Full
(n.) Complete measure |
Full
(adv.) Quite |
Full
(v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated |
Full
(n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth |
Full
(v. i.) To become fulled or thickened |
Full-blooded
(a.) Having a full supply of blood. |
Full-blooded
(a.) Of pure blood |
Full-bloomed
(a.) Like a perfect blossom. |
Full-blown
(a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom |
Full-blown
(a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail. |
Full-bottomed
(a.) Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain. |
Full-bottomed
(a.) Of great capacity below the water line. |
Full-butt
(adv.) With direct and violentop position |
Full-drive
(adv.) With full speed. |
Full-formed
(a.) Full in form or shape |
Full-grown
(a.) Having reached the limits of growth |
Full-hearted
(a.) Full of courage or confidence. |
Full-hot
(a.) Very fiery. |
Full-manned
(a.) Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship. |
Full-orbed
(a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated |
Full-sailed
(a.) Having all its sails set, |
Full-winged
(a.) Having large and strong or complete wings. |
Full-winged
(a.) Beady for flight |
gainer
full gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board |
| full nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
chock
wedge | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object |
dress suit
full dress
tailcoat
tail coat
tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
| full-dress uniform | the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| full skirt | a long skirt gathered at the waist |
| full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
| full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
| full page | something that covers an entire page, the ad took up a full page |
| full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
period
point
full stop
stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
| full house | a poker hand with of a kind and a pair |
complement
full complement | number needed to make up a whole force, a full complement of workers |
commercial bank
full service bank | a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public |
black body
blackbody
full radiator | a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it, a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium |
admiral
full admiral | the supreme commander of a fleet, ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral |
cousin
first cousin
cousin-german
full cousin | the child of your aunt or uncle |
| full professor | a professor of the highest rank |
general
full general | a general officer of the highest rank |
Japanese maple full moon maple
Acer japonicum | leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn, Japan |
a whole shebang
whole kit and caboodle
kit and caboodle
whole kit and boodle
kit and boodle
whole kit
whole caboodle
whole works
works
full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
| full employment | the economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for their type of labor is employed |
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 |
| term full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent, a healthy baby born at full term |
| wax full | increase in phase, the moon is waxing |
| full | make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering |
fill fill up
make full
| make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
| be full | be sated, have enough to eat, I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please |
| chock | support on chocks, chock the boat |
| chock | secure with chocks |
| full | beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening, full the cloth |
jam
jampack
ram chock up
cram
wad
b | crowd or pack to capacity, the theater was jampacked |
go all out
give one's best
do one's best
give full measure | perform a task as well as possible, The cast gives full measure every night |
full-length
uncut | complete, the full-length play |
full
good | having the normally expected amount, gives full measure, gives good measure, a good mile from here |
wide
wide-cut
full | having ample fabric, the current taste for wide trousers, a full skirt |
full of life
lively
vital | full of spirit, a dynamic full of life woman, a vital and charismatic leader, this whole lively world |
guardant(ip)
gardant(ip)
full-face | looking forward |
| entire full total | constituting the full quantity or extent, complete, an entire town devastated by an earthquake, gave full attention, a total failure |
| full-length | representing or accommodating the entire length, a full-length portrait |
| full-page | occupying an entire page in a book or paper, a full-page ad |
all-out
full-scale | using all available resources, all-out war, a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants |
fleshed out
full-clad | given substance or detail, completed, did not spring full-clad from his imagination, a plan fleshed out with statistics and details |
full
total | complete in extent or degree and in every particular, a full game, a total eclipse, a total disaster |
| full-blown | having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness, a full-blown financial crisis |
| full-dress | complete in every respect, a full-dress debate, a full-dress investigation |
neat
straight
full-strength | without water, took his whiskey neat |
full-fledged
fully fledged | (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status, a full-fledged lawyer, by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist, sees itself as a fully fledged rival party |
| dress full-dress | (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes, a dress dinner, a full-dress ceremony |