whole /hōl/

1. Not broken
2. Undamaged
3. Not broken up, or ground, or deprived of any part
4. Containing the total amount, number, etc
5. Complete
6. (of a sister or brother) full-blooded, related through both parents
7. As yet unworked (mining)
8. From which no constituents have been removed, as in whole blood, milk, etc
9. Processed as little as possible
10. Sound in health (archaic)
11. Uninjured
12. Restored to health
13. Healed

1. The entire thing
2. Not less than, all (with of)
3. Something complete in itself, esp if an integrated system or combination of parts

1. Completely, altogether
2. In one unbroken piece, as in swallowed it whole

wholeˈness noun

wholeˈsome adjective

1. Healthy in body, taste, morals or (Shakespeare) condition
2. Indicating health
3. Conducive to bodily or spiritual health
4. Remedial (obsolete)
5. Propitious (Shakespeare)
6. Reasonable, sensible (Shakespeare)

wholeˈsomely adverb

wholeˈsomeness noun

whōˈlism noun

An alteration of holism

whōˈlist noun

whōlistˈic adjective

wholly /hōlˈli or hōˈli/ adverb

Completely, altogether

whole blood noun

Donor blood for use in transfusions, from which no constituents have been extracted

whole-body monitor noun (nuclear eng)

An assembly of large scintillation detectors, heavily shielded against background radiation, used to identify and measure the gamma radiation emitted by the human body

whole cloth noun

Cloth in its full manufactured size (cut out of whole cloth (N Am inf) wholly fabricated, utterly false)

wholeˈ-coloured adjective

All of one colour

wholeˈfood noun

Food, unprocessed or processed as little as possible, produced without any artificial fertilizers or pesticides, etc

wholeˈ-footˈed adjective (informal)

Unreserved

wholeˈgrain adjective

(of bread, flour, etc) made from the complete grain, with no parts discarded during manufacture

wholeˈheartˈed adjective

Hearty, generous, zealous and sincere

wholeˈheartˈedly adverb

wholeˈ-heartˈedness noun

wholeˈ-hog adjective (slang)

Out-and-out, complete

wholeˈ-hoggˈer noun

Someone who is inclined to go the whole hog

wholeˈ-hoofed adjective

Having an undivided hoof

wholeˈ-length adjective

1. Giving the whole figure
2. Full-length

noun

A portrait or statue showing the whole figure

whole-life insurance noun

A life-insurance policy on which premiums are payable up to the death of the insured person

wholeˈmeal noun

Meal made from entire grains of wheat (also adjective)

whole milk noun

Milk from which nothing has been extracted, as distinct from skimmed or semi-skimmed milk

whole note noun (N American)

A semibreve

whole number noun

A unit, or a number composed of units, an integral number

whole-plate see under plate

wholeˈsale noun

Sale of goods, usu by the whole piece or large quantity, to a retailer

adjective

1. Buying and selling, or concerned with buying and selling, thus
2. Extensive and indiscriminate

adverb

1. By wholesale
2. Extensively and indiscriminately

transitive verb

To sell by wholesale

wholeˈsaler noun

Someone who sells by wholesale

wholeˈ-skinned adjective

1. Unhurt
2. Safe in reputation

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• eat humble pie
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• eating
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• eating out of one's hand
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