Ful
[foo l] /fʊl/
noun, plural Fuls (especially collectively) Ful.
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a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); “as much as will fill” (spoonful).
suffix
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(forming adjectives) full of or characterized by: painful, spiteful, restful
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(forming adjectives) able or tending to: helpful, useful
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(forming nouns) indicating as much as will fill the thing specified: mouthful, spoonful
word-forming element meaning “full of, characterized by,” Old English -full, -ful, suffix use of full (adj.).
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