adjective

1. 1. in sound health; not diseased or injured
   2. Archaic healed: said of a wound
2. not broken, damaged, defective, etc.; intact a whole yolk
3. containing all the elements or parts; entire; complete a whole set, whole blood
4. not divided up; in a single unit a whole cheese
5. constituting the entire amount, extent, number, etc. the whole night
6. having both parents in common a whole brother
7. in all aspects of one's being, including the physical, mental, social, etc. the whole man
8. 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

noun

1. the entire amount, quantity, extent, or sum; totality the whole of the estate
2. a thing complete in itself, or a complete organization of integrated parts; a unity, entirety, or system