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full2

Pronunciation: /fʊl/

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Definition of full

verb

[with object] (often as noun fulling)

clean, shrink, and felt (cloth) by heat, pressure, and moisture: weaving and fulling were all formerly part of the normal domestic scene

Origin:

Middle English: probably a back-formation from fuller¹, influenced by Old French fouler 'press hard upon' or medieval Latin fullare, based on Latin fullo 'fuller'