[i-nuhf] 
| 1. | adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire: enough water; noise enough to wake the dead. |
| 2. | an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency. |
| 3. | in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently. |
| 4. | fully or quite: ready enough. |
| 5. | (used to express impatience or exasperation): Enough! I heard you the first time. |
| e·nough (ĭ-nŭf') adj. Sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire; adequate: enough work to keep us all busy. See Synonyms at sufficient. pron. An adequate number or quantity: "The Gods above should give,/They have enough and we do poorly live" (Henry David Thoreau). adv.
[Middle English enogh, from Old English genōg; see nek-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
enough
In addition to the idioms beginning with enough, also see fair enough; had enough; leave well enough alone; not enough room to swing a cat; sure enough; (enough) to wake the dead.