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Webster 1913 Edition

Full-blown

Full′-blownˊ

,

Adj.

1.

Fully expanded, as a blossom; completely developed;

as, a

full-blown

rose

.

Denham.

2.

Fully distended with wind, as a sail.

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Full-blown

FULL-BLOWN

,

Adj.

1.

Fully expanded, as a blossom.

2.

Fully distended with wind.

Definition 2024

full-blown

full-blown

English

Adjective

full -blown ‎(not comparable)

Completely developed or formed.
We are the midst of a full-blown crisis.
At the peak of blossom; ripe.
The trees in the garden were resplendent with full-blown white gardenias.
Filled with wind; puffed up.
The schooner took to sea with full-blown sails.

Synonyms

full-bore, full-fledged

Translations

completely developed or formed

German: voll aufgeblüht, voll entfaltet (de), (colloquial) vollendet (de), vollgeblasen

Italian: in piena regola
Turkish: tam gelişmiş (tr)

at the peak of blossom

German: in voller Blüte, voll aufgeblüht
Swedish: fullt utslagen

Turkish: tamamen açılmış (tr)/açmış (tr)

filled with wind

German: vollgeblasen

Turkish: tamamen şişmiş

References

“full-blown” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.