an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
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"
(of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters"
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"
some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"