ENTIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entire mean? 

• ENTIRE (noun)
  The noun ENTIRE has 1 sense:

1. uncastrated adult male horse

  Familiarity information: ENTIRE used as a noun is very rare.

• ENTIRE (adjective)
  The adjective ENTIRE has 4 senses:

1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

2. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged

3. (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes

4. (used of domestic animals) sexually competent

  Familiarity information: ENTIRE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uncastrated adult male horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

entire; stallion

Hypernyms ("entire" is a kind of...):

male horse (the male of species Equus caballus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entire"):

stud; studhorse (adult male horse kept for breeding)

• ENTIRE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

Synonyms:

entire; full; total

Context example:

a total failure

Similar:

whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)

Derivation:

entireness (the state of being total and complete)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged

Synonyms:

entire; intact; integral

Context example:

fought to keep the union intact

Similar:

whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)

Derivation:

entireness (the state of being total and complete)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes

Similar:

smooth (of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(used of domestic animals) sexually competent

Synonyms:

entire; intact

Context example:

an entire horse

Similar:

uncastrated (not castrated)

 Context examples 

Massive stars, like those in the Swan Nebula, release so much energy that they can change the evolution of entire galaxies.

(SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched, NASA)

“When these women are exposed to PM2.5 during their entire pregnancy, the likelihood of developing preeclampsia increases by about 50%.”

(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)

The images show a pattern of turbulent “boiling” plasma that covers the entire sun.

(Newest solar telescope produces first images, National Science Foundation)

"Colony loss of more than 30 percent over the entire year is high," he added.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)

The young ladies, as well as their mother, were perfectly satisfied with having two entire strangers of the party, and wished for no more.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

To operate, the entire system only requires a functioning mobile phone battery, via the NFC link, with no need for any additional plugs or batteries.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)

Applying a high-frequency, oscillating magnetic field to the object caused the iron oxide particles to heat up through induction and warm the entire gripper.

(Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab, National Science Foundation)

Not only that, these chondrocytes proliferated by colonizing the entire hydrogel, producing an extracellular matrix rich in proteoglycans, similar to that which they produce in native cartilage.

(Scientists design a new hydrogel that helps regenerate cartilage, University of Granada)

The same circular pattern also showed up in ArcticDEM, a high-resolution digital elevation model of the entire Arctic derived from commercial satellite imagery.

(NASA Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice, NASA)

Pressure from the island, transmitted through this region, slows the flow of the entire ice shelf.

(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)