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and all

and all adverb: including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items.

Adverb

and all (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items.
    • He ate the whole fish, bones and all.
    • The turtles saw them [Portuguese men-of-war], approached them from the front, then shut their eyes so they were completely carapaced and ate them filaments and all.1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 36
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications of what has been stated.
    • What with you saying he was sick and all, I figured neither of you were coming.
  3. (Northern England, Scotland) Used to add emphasis.
    • He starts yelling and we come running to help, but a fat load of thanks we get and all!
  4. (UK, informal) As well; in addition.
    • I'll have some of the red ones, some green ones, and them yellow ones and all.
    • “You leave my son alone!”
      The woman turned her head slowly towards him. When her eyes met his, she said, “Gilbert, you are forgetting something. Frank is my son and all.”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

and all meaning in Tamil

and all in Tamil

idiomatic: including every item associated with preceding item or items
எல்லாம் ellām

Examples of and all in a sentence

  • Now proper French tradition requires that when you eat the ortolan, you drape a napkin over your head and consume the bird in one bite, beak, bones and all.1995 August 21, “Pros and Cons of the Balanced Budget Amendment”, in Ind_Limbaugh:
  • And the drivers involved, flaws and all, are hardly demons.1998 May 15, Barry Bearak, “Hailing Danger; Behind the Wheel: Long Hours and Hard Feelings”, in New York Times:
  • We had six large trees ripped from the ground, roots and all.2008 September 16, Ken Hoffman, “An oak tree is no longer mighty”, in Houston Chronicle, page STAR 1:

Synonyms of and all

All synonyms of and all

Forms of and all

alternative regional (informal)an all
alternative regional (informal)n'all
alternative regional (informal)anaw

Words formed from and all

Questions about and all

What does and all mean?
And all means including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items.
What is and all in Tamil?
And all in Tamil is எல்லாம் (ellām). See And all meaning in Tamil.
How do you use and all in a sentence?
Now proper French tradition requires that when you eat the ortolan, you drape a napkin over your head and consume the bird in one bite, beak, bones and all.
What part of speech is and all?
And all is an adverb.

Words near and all in the dictionary

  1. Ancón
  2. and
  3. and a half
  4. and a partridge in a pear tree
  5. and alike
  6. and all
  7. and all that
  8. and all the rest of it
  9. and all this
  10. and another thing
  11. and be done with it

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