a whole bunch of
Variant of whole
whole
Definition
whole (hōl)
adjective
- in sound health; not diseased or injured
- Archaic healed: said of a wound
- not broken, damaged, defective, etc.; intact a whole yolk
- containing all the elements or parts; entire; complete a whole set, whole blood
- not divided up; in a single unit a whole cheese
- constituting the entire amount, extent, number, etc. the whole night
- having both parents in common a whole brother
- in all aspects of one's being, including the physical, mental, social, etc. the whole man
- Arith. integral and not mixed or fractional 28 is a whole number
Etymology: ME (Midland) hool, for hol, hal < OE hal, healthy, whole, hale: akin to Ger heil, ON heill < IE base *kailo-, sound, uninjured, auspicious > Welsh coel, omen
adverb
Informal completely; absolutely a whole new ballgame
noun
- the entire amount, quantity, extent, or sum; totality the whole of the estate
- a thing complete in itself, or a complete organization of integrated parts; a unity, entirety, or system
as a whole
as a complete unit; altogether
a whole lot (or bunch, etc.) of
Informal very many they ate a whole lot of hamburgers
made out of whole cloth
☆ completely fictitious or false; made up
on the whole
all things considered; in general
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