Whole

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.

The whole race of mankind.

- Shak.

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.

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
(Zool.) the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe.

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.

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.

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.

Noun	1.	whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
	2.	whole - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" Synonyms: whole thing, unit
Adj.	1.	whole - 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" Antonyms: fractional - constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose"
	2.	whole - (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters" Antonyms: half - (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister"
	3.	whole - exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" Synonyms: hale
Adv.	1.	whole - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "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"; "a whole new idea" Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, wholly

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