[hohl]

–adjective

1.	comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.

2.	containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: We have a whole set of antique china.

3.	undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole.

4.	Mathematics. integral, or not fractional.

5.	not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact: Thankfully, the vase arrived whole.

6.	uninjured or unharmed; sound: He was surprised to find himself whole after the crash.

7.	pertaining to all aspects of human nature, esp. one’s physical, intellectual, and spiritual development: education for the whole person.

–noun

8.	the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number: He accepted some of the parts but rejected the whole.

9.	a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements.

10.	an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing; a unitary system.

—Idioms

11.	as a whole, all things included or considered; altogether: As a whole, the relocation seems to have been beneficial.

12.	on or upon the whole, a. in view of all the circumstances; after consideration. b. disregarding exceptions; in general: On the whole, the neighborhood is improving.

13.	out of whole cloth, without foundation in fact; fictitious: a story made out of whole cloth.