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Whole   /hoʊl/   Listen
adjective
Whole  adj.  
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." "The whole race of mankind."
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."
3.
Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. "(She) findeth there her friends hole and sound." "They that be whole need not a physician." "When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole."
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. (Prov. Eng.)
Synonyms: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy. 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." "One entire and perfect chrysolite." "Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life." "So absolute she seems, And in herself complete."


noun
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."
2.
A regular combination of parts; a system. "Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole."
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.
Synonyms: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross.





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"Whole" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a childish grace; and besides the figure of the dead Count, with his likeness, which he made on the sarcophagus, in the middle of the wall above the bier there is a figure of Charity, with certain children, wrought with much diligence and very well in harmony with the whole. The same is seen in a Madonna with the Child in her arms, in a lunette, which Mino made as much like the manner of Desiderio as he could; and if he had assisted his methods of work by studying from the life, there is no doubt that he would have made very great progress in his art. This tomb, ...
— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 3 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna • Giorgio Vasari
... of the eighteenth century, Aretino had the advantage that he was not burdened with principles, neither with liberalism nor philanthropy nor any other virtue, nor even with science; his whole baggage consisted of the well-known motto, 'Veritas odium parit.' He never, conse- quently, found himself in the false position of Voltaire, who was forced to disown his 'Pucelle' and conceal all his life ...
— The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy • Jacob Burckhardt
... the English stage now, I thought we might act Moliere's Precieuses ridicules together for a charity matinee. Coquelin—the finest actor of Moliere that ever lived—was performing in London at the time and promised he would not only coach me in my part but lend his whole company for our performance. He gave me twelve lessons and I worked hard for him. He was intensely particular; and I was more nervous over these lessons than I ever felt riding over high timber. ...
— Margot Asquith, An Autobiography: Volumes I & II • Margot Asquith
... wine. The chiefs, in order meet, Along the grass he ranges, and their king Leads to his throne; of maple was the seat; A lion's hide lay bristling at his feet. Youths and the altar's minister bring wine, And heap the bread, and serve the roasted meat. On lustral entrails and the bull's whole chine, Couched round the Trojan ...
— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil
... smallest mistake or hesitation will lose us everything, as you know, and before long we shall be living in an attic again and supping on salt fish and olives. But if we win we shall have money enough to enjoy a whole year of luxury, and with a little economy to live comfortably for a ...
— Stradella • F(rancis) Marion Crawford


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