Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - whole

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hal; akin to Old High German heil healthy, unhurt, Old Norse heill, Old Church Slavic celu  Date: before 12th century  1.  a.  (1) free of wound or injury ; unhurt  (2) recovered from a wound or injury ; restored  (3) being healed ~ of an ancient evil, I sleep sound — A. E. Housman  b. free of defect or impairment ; intact  c. physically sound and healthy ; free of disease or deformity  d. mentally or emotionally sound  2. having all its proper parts or components ; complete, unmodified ~ milk a ~ egg  3.  a. constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety ; entire owns the ~ island  b. each or all of the took part in the ~ series of athletic events  4.  a. constituting an undivided unit ; unbroken, uncut a ~ roast suckling pig  b. directed to one end ; concentrated promised to give it his ~ attention  5.  a. seemingly complete or total the ~ idea is to help, not hinder  b. very great in quantity, extent, or scope feels a ~ lot better now  6. constituting the entirety of a person's nature or development educate the ~ student  7. having the same father and mother ~ brother  Synonyms: see perfect  • ~ness noun Synonyms:  ~, entire, total, all mean including everything or everyone without exception. ~ implies that nothing has been omitted, ignored, abated, or taken away read the ~ book. entire may suggest a state of completeness or perfection to which nothing can be added the entire population was wiped out. total implies that everything has been counted, weighed, measured, or considered the total number of people present. all may equal ~, entire or total all proceeds go to charity.  II. noun  Date: 14th century  1. a complete amount or sum ; a number, aggregate, or totality lacking no part, member, or element  2. something constituting a complex unity ; a coherent system or organization of parts fitting or working together as one  III. adverb  Date: 14th century  1. wholly, entirely a ~ new age group — Henry Chauncey  2. as a complete entity