entire

Definitions

1. adjective

   Whole or complete.

   Examples

   • We had the entire building to ourselves.
   • She read the entire book in one day.
   ≈complete≈total≈utter≠partial≠incomplete
2. adjective

   In botany, having a smooth edge with no cuts.

   Examples

   • The oak's leaves are entire, with no teeth.
   • These leaves have entire edges.
3. adjective

   In botany, made of one single piece.

   Examples

   • The flower's corolla was entire, in one piece.
   • Botanists noted the entire petals, unlike its relatives.
4. adjective

   Morally whole and pure, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • No man ever had a heart more entire to the king.
   • He was entire in his loyalty.
5. adjective

   Inner or internal, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • The wound cut deep into the entire body.
   • It hurt the parts entire.
6. noun

   The whole of something, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • She read the entire of his letters before replying.
   • In the entire of the poems, there is no ship.
7. noun

   A stallion that has not been gelded.

   Examples

   • He asked why the stallion was called an entire.
   • An entire is a horse that has not been gelded.
8. noun

   An old letter sent with its original cover and marks.

   Examples

   • He kept the letter as an entire, folded and sealed.
   • The collector valued the old entire for its postmark.
9. adjective

   Not gelded, as a male horse.

   Examples

   • The horse remained entire.
   • Breeders often keep their best stallions entire.
10. adjective

    In math, differentiable everywhere in the complex plane.

    Examples

    • Every polynomial is entire.
    • An entire function has no trouble spots in the complex plane.