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full
containing as much or as many things or people as possible, so there is no space left:
• The train was nearly full. • The cupboard was full of clothes. • He spilled a full cup of coffee on the carpet.
filled with something
full of something – use this about a container when a lot of things have been put into it:
• The envelopes were filled with cash.
stuffed full of something
completely full of something – use this about a container when lots of things have been put into it, often in an untidy way:
• The case was stuffed full of clothes.
packed
completely full of people – use this about a room, train etc:
• a packed restaurant • The courtroom will be packed with journalists.
bursting (with something)
extremely full of something:
• Her wardrobe was bursting with coats and shoes. • a small garden bursting with fruit and flowers
crammed
so full that you cannot fit anyone or anything else in – often used when you think there are too many people or things:
• In summer, the hotels are crammed with tourists. • The resort’s crammed beaches are uncomfortable in summer.
teeming (with something)
full of people, animals etc that are all moving around:
• The rivers are teeming with fish.
overflowing
used about a container that is so full that the liquid or things inside it come out over the top:
• an overflowing bathtub • The drawers were overflowing with magazines.
overloaded
used about a vehicle or a ship which has too many people or things in it:
• an overloaded fishing boat • The trucks are often grossly overloaded (= far too overloaded ) .
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj. holding/containing as much as it will hold VERBS be, look, seem | become, get The garage has got full of junk again. | leave sth He left the bath full of water. ADV. absolutely, completely The kitchen was absolutely full of flies! | almost, nearly, virtually The reservoirs are all virtually full. | half PREP. of The bottle was half full of mineral water. containing a lot of sth VERBS be, look, seem ADV. extremely, very | fairly, pretty, quite Her wine glass was still quite full. having had enough to eat or drink VERBS be, feel ADV. absolutely | rather PHRASES full up I'm full up. I can't eat another thing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary