1. (adj.)whole comprising the full quantity or amount; entire or total: He ate the whole pie.
2. whole complete: a whole set of china.
3. whole undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole.
4. whole not fractional; integral.
5. whole not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact: The vase arrived whole.
6. whole uninjured or unharmed; sound.
7. whole pertaining to all aspects of human nature: education for the whole person.
8. (n.)whole the entire quantity, extent, or number: to accept some of the teachings but reject the whole.
9. whole a thing complete in itself or comprising all its parts or elements.
10. whole an assemblage of parts associated together as one thing; a unitary system.
11. whole as a whole, as a unit; considered together.
12. whole on or upon the whole, in all of the most significant ways; in general.
13. whole out of whole cloth, without foundation in fact; fictitious.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME hole, hool (adj. and n.), OE hāl (adj.) whole, sound, c. OFris, OS hēl, OHG heil, ON heill, Go hails; cf. hale1, heal ; sp. with w reflects dial. form)
Definition of 'Whole'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)whole all of something including all its componentelements or parts "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
2. (adj)whole, unit 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"
3. (adj)whole including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the fullamount 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"
4. (adj)whole (of siblings) having the same parents "whole brothers and sisters"
5. (adj)unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole not injured
6. (adj)hale, whole exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
7. (adverb)solid, unanimous, whole acting together as a single undiversified whole "a solid voting bloc"
8. (adverb)wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole to a complete degree or to the full or entireextent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
1. (adjective)whole all of It takes a whole day to get here.; He ate the whole cake.; I've worked hard my whole life.
2. whole in one piece, or containing all its parts; = complete They'll only buy the set if it's still whole.
3. (noun)whole an entire thing Five fifths make a whole.; the history of Africa as a whole
4. whole on the whole in general On the whole the play was liked by critics.
5. whole the whole of all of She slept through the whole of the movie.
6. (adverb)whole as one piece The snake swallows its prey whole.
7. whole emphasizes a description; = completely He becomes a whole different person when he's at work.
Definition of 'Whole'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Whole containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the wholenation
2. (adj)Whole complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole
3. (adj)Whole possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well
4. (noun)Whole the entire thing; the entireassemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself
5. (noun)Whole a regular combination of parts; a system
Definitions of Whole 
Afrikaans: heel
Arabic: كامِل، تام
Bulgarian: цял
Brazilian: inteiro
Czech: celý
German: ganz
Danish: hel
Greek: ολόκληρος
Spanish: entero,íntegro, todo
Estonian: kogu, terve
Farsi: تمام
Finnish: koko
French: (tout) entier
Hebrew: שַלֵם
Hindi: पूरा
Croatian: cijel,čitav, sav
Hungarian: egész
Indonesian: seluruh
Icelandic: heill; allir
Italian: intero
Japanese: 全体の
Korean: 전부의
Lithuanian: visas, visi
Latvian: viss; vesels
Malay: seluruhnya
Dutch: heel
Norwegian: hel
Polish: cały
Persian: تمام
Pashto: بشپړ، پوره، سمت، ټول: روغ
Portuguese: inteiro
Romanian: întreg, tot
Russian: весь; целый
Slovak: celý
Slovenian: cel
Serbian: čitav
Swedish: hel
Thai: ทั้งหมด
Turkish: bütün, hepsi
Taiwanese: 全體的，整個
Ukrainian: весь, цілий
Urdu: مکمل
Vietnamese: toàn bộ
Chinese: 全体的，整体的
