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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whole \Whole\, n. 1. The entire thing the entire assemblage of parts totality; all of a thing without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself ``This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. --J. Montgomery. 2. A regular combination of parts a system. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. {Committee of the whole}. See under {Committee}. {Upon the whole}, considering all things taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whole adj 1: including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread" [ant: {fractional}] 2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters" [ant: {half}] 3: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" [syn: {hale}] n 1: all of something including all its component elements or parts "Europe as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" 2: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the repairman simply replaced the unit" [syn: {whole thing}, {unit}] adv : to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "It was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in "a whole new idea") [syn: {wholly}, {entirely}, {completely}, {totally}, {all}, {altogether}] [ant: {partly}]
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