Broth·er n.; pl. Brothers or Brethren See Brethren.
 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.
 Note: A brother having the same mother but different fathers is called a uterine brother, and one having the same father but a different mother is called an agnate brother, or in Law  a consanguine brother.  A brother having the same father and mother is called a brother-german or full brother.  The same modifying terms are applied to sister or sibling.
 Two of us in the churchyard lie,
 My sister and my brother.   --Wordsworth.
 2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc. “A brother of your order.”
 We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
 For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
 Shall be my brother.   --Shak.
 3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
    He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.   --Prov. xviii. 9.
 That April morn
 Of this the very brother.   --Wordsworth.
 Note: ☞ In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men.
 For of whom such massacre
 Make they but of their brethren, men of men?   --Milton.
 Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively.  The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as “Brother Jonathan.”
 Blood brother. See under Blood.
 Full a. [Compar. Fuller superl. Fullest.]
 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people.
    Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular.   --Blackstone.
 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture.
 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon.
 It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
 dreamed.   --Gen. xii. 1.
 The man commands
 Like a full soldier.   --Shak.
 I can not
 Request a fuller satisfaction
 Than you have freely granted.   --Ford.
 4. Sated; surfeited.
    I am full of the burnt offerings of rams.   --Is. i. 11.
 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
    Reading maketh a full man.   --Bacon.
 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project.
    Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions.   --Locke.
 7. Filled with emotions.
    The heart is so full that a drop overfills it.   --Lowell.
 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.]
    Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars.   --Dryden.
 At full, when full or complete. --Shak.
 Full age Law the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott.
 Full and by Naut., sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible.
 Full band Mus., a band in which all the instruments are employed.
 Full binding, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding.
 Full bottom, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom.
 Full brother or Full sister, a brother or sister having the same parents as another.
 Full cry Hunting, eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together.
 Full dress, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony.
 Full hand Poker, three of a kind and a pair.
 Full moon. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full.
 Full organ Mus., the organ when all or most stops are out.
 Full score Mus., a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given.
 Full sea, high water.
 Full swing, free course; unrestrained liberty; “Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings.” South (Colloq.)
 In full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures.
 In full blast. See under Blast.