Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well,
sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil,
Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well,
sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal
to cure, Health, Holy.]
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1. 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. "On their whole host I flew unarmed."
--Milton.
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The whole race of mankind. --Shak.
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2. 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.
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My life is yet whole in me. --2 Sam. i. 9.
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3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness;
healthy; sound; well.
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[She] findeth there her friends hole and sound.
--Chaucer.
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They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix.
12.
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When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.
--Tennyson.
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Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2.
Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of
longest duration in common use; a semibreve.
Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or
mixed number; an integer.
Whole snipe (Zool.), the common snipe, as distinguished
from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.]
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Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided;
uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy.
Usage: Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use
the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of
parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a
whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word
total, we have reference to all as taken together, and
forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the
total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we
have no reference to parts at all, but regard the
thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken;
as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak
of a thing as complete, there is reference to some
progress which results in a filling out to some end or
object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as,
complete success; a complete victory.
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All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak.
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One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
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Lest total darkness should by night regain
Her old possession, and extinguish life.
--Milton.
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So absolute she seems,
And in herself complete. --Milton.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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236 Moby Thesaurus words for "whole":
a certain, absolute, account, across-the-board, admissibility,
admission, admitting no exception, aggregate, all, all hands,
all the world, all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-inclusive,
all-out, amount, amplitude, an, any, any one, assimilation, atomic,
be-all and end-all, being, blanket, box score, bulk, bunkum, cast,
categorical, census, clear, coherence, cohesion, compendious,
complete, completeness, composition, comprehension, comprehensive,
comprehensiveness, comprisal, concentrated, conclusive,
constituents, content, contents, count, coverage, decided,
decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, developed, difference,
divisions, downright, either, elements, eligibility, embodiment,
embracement, encompassment, encyclopedic, entire, entirety, entity,
envisagement, every man Jack, everybody, everyone, exclusive,
exhaustive, exhaustiveness, explicit, express, extent, final, fit,
fixed, flat, flat-out, flawless, force, full, full-fledged,
full-grown, full-scale, global, good, gross, guts, hale, healthy,
holistic, implicit, inappealable, inclusion, inclusive,
inclusiveness, incorporation, index, indisputable, individual,
indivisible, ingredients, innards, insides, intact, integral,
integrate, integrated, inventory, irreducible, items, linkage,
list, lone, magnitude, mass, matter, mature, matured, measure,
measurement, membership, monadic, monistic, number, numbers,
omnibus, one, one and all, one and indivisible, openness,
orbicular, organism, organization, out-and-out, outright, over-all,
panoramic, part, participation, parts, peremptory, perfect,
plenary, positive, product, quantity, quantum, reception,
reckoning, result, resultant, right, ripe, round, rounded, sane,
score, simple, single, singular, sole, solid, solitary, sound,
straight, straight-out, strength, substance, sum, sum total,
summation, supply, sweeping, synoptic, system, tale, tally,
the bottom line, the story, the whole story, tolerance, toleration,
total, totality, tote, tout le monde, unabbreviated, unanalyzable,
unblemished, unbroken, uncircumscribed, unconditional,
unconditioned, uncut, undamaged, undiminished, undistracted,
undivided, undoubting, unequivocal, unexpurgated, unhampered,
unhesitating, unhurt, uniform, unimpaired, uninjured, unique,
unitary, unity, universal, unlimited, unmarred, unmistakable,
unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted,
unswerving, untouched, unwaivable, utter, well, well-rounded,
wholesome, without exception, without omission, without reserve,
x number
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well,
sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil,
Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well,
sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal
to cure, Health, Holy.]
1. 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. ``On their whole host I flew unarmed.''
--Milton.
The whole race of mankind. --Shak.
2. 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.
My life is yet whole in me. --2 Sam. i. 9.
3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness;
healthy; sound; well.
[She] findeth there her friends hole and sound.
--Chaucer.
They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix.
12.
When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.
--Tennyson.
Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2.
Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of
longest duration in common use; a semibreve.
Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or
mixed number; an integer.
Whole snipe (Zo["o]l.), the common snipe, as distinguished
from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.]
Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided;
uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy.
Usage: Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use
the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of
parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a
whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word
total, we have reference to all as taken together, and
forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the
total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we
have no reference to parts at all, but regard the
thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken;
as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak
of a thing as complete, there is reference to some
progress which results in a filling out to some end or
object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as,
complete success; a complete victory.
All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak.
One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
Lest total darkness should by night regain Her
old possession, and extinguish life. --Milton.
So absolute she seems, And in herself complete.
--Milton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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