Whole

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A regular combination of parts; a system.

II. Whole ·adj Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.

III. Whole ·noun The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.

IV. Whole ·adj Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.

V. Whole ·adj Containing the total amount, number, ·etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.

Related Words

whole
Made out of whole cloth, i. e. altogether an invention. Isn't this entire story about your Jersey g...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Heart-whole
·adj Of a single and sincere heart. II. Heart-whole ·adj With unbroken courage; undismayed. III. H...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Whole-hoofed
·adj Having an undivided hoof, as the horse. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Whole-length
·noun A portrait or statue representing the whole figure. II. Whole-length ·adj Representing the wh...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Whole-souled
·adj Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
whole heap
Many; several; much; a large congregation. An expression peculiar to certain parts of the South and ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
whole-moulding
The old method of forming the principal part of a vessel. Boats are now the only vessels in which th...

The Sailor's Word-Book
to go the whole figure
To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object. Go the whole figure for religious libe...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to go the whole hog
A Western vulgarism, meaning to be out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase i...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.