whole (
http://definr.com/whole)
adj 1: including all components without exception; being one unit
or constituting the full amount or extent or duration;
complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole
wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole
week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole
loaf of bread" [ant:
fractional]
2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and
sisters" [ant:
half]
3: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
[syn:
hale]
n 1: all of something including all its component elements or
parts; "Europe as a whole"; "the whole of American
literature"
2: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the
repairman simply replaced the unit" [syn:
whole thing,
unit]
adv : to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "he
was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the
meal"; "it was completely different from what we
expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new
situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "It was
not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new
approach"; (`whole' is often used informally for
`wholly' as in "a whole new idea") [syn:
wholly,
entirely,
completely,
totally,
all,
altogether] [ant:
partly]