[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whole \whole\, a. oe. hole, hol, hal, hool, as. h=al well,
   sound, healthy; akin to ofries.  os. h?l, d. heel, g. heil,
   icel. heill, sw. hel whole, dan. heel, goth. hails well,
   sound, oir. c?l augury. cf. hale, hail to greet, heal
   to cure, health, holy.
   1913 webster
   1. 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 whole nation. "on their whole host i flew unarmed."
      --milton.
      1913 webster

            the whole race of mankind.            --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            my life is yet whole in me.           --2 sam. i. 9.
      1913 webster

   3. possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness;
      healthy; sound; well.
      1913 webster

            she findeth there her friends hole and sound.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            they that be whole need not a physician. --matt. ix.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster

            when sir lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   whole blood. law of descent see under blood, n., 2.

   whole note mus., the note which represents a note of
      longest duration in common use; a semibreve.

   whole number math., a number which is not a fraction or
      mixed number; an integer.

   whole snipe zool., the common snipe, as distinguished
      from the smaller jacksnipe. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   syn: all; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided;
        uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy.

   usage: whole, total, entire, complete. when we use
          the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of
          parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a
          whole year; the whole creation. when we use the word
          total, we have reference to all as taken together, and
          forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the
          total income. when we speak of a thing as entire, we
          have no reference to parts at all, but regard the
          thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken;
          as, an entire year; entire prosperity. when we speak
          of a thing as complete, there is reference to some
          progress which results in a filling out to some end or
          object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as,
          complete success; a complete victory.
          1913 webster

                all the whole army stood agazed on him. --shak.
          1913 webster

                one entire and perfect chrysolite. --shak.
          1913 webster

                lest total darkness should by night regain
                her old possession, and extinguish life.
                                                  --milton.
          1913 webster

                so absolute she seems,
                and in herself complete.          --milton.
          1913 webster
see also:
hale hail heal health holy whole blood 
blood whole note whole number whole snipe whole 
total entire complete 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whole number
     n : any of the natural numbers positive or negative or zero
         syn: integer
see also:
integer 

Number >> N Words
Number, definition of term: Number
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Number Sign >> N Words
Number Sign, definition of term: Number Sign
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Number Cruncher >> N Words
Number Cruncher, definition of term: Number Cruncher
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Octane Number >> O Words
Octane Number, definition of term: Octane Number
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Natural Number >> N Words
Natural Number, definition of term: Natural Number
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Opposite Number >> O Words
Opposite Number, definition of term: Opposite Number
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Prime Number >> P Words
Prime Number, definition of term: Prime Number
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Phone Number >> P Words
Phone Number, definition of term: Phone Number
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Perfect Number >> P Words
Perfect Number, definition of term: Perfect Number
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Ordinal Number >> O Words
Ordinal Number, definition of term: Ordinal Number
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