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fuller
1[ fool-er ]
fuller
2[ fool-er ]
noun
- a half-round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron.
- a tool or part of a die for reducing the sectional area of a piece of work.
- a groove running along the flat of a sword blade.
verb (used with object)
- to reduce the sectional area of (a piece of metal) with a fuller or fullers.
Fuller
3[ fool-er ]
noun
- George, 1822–84, U.S. painter.
- Henry B(lake), Stanton Page, 1857–1929, U.S. novelist, poet, and critic.
- Melville Wes·ton [wes, -t, uh, n], 1833–1910, chief justice of the U.S. 1888–1910.
- R(ichard) Buckminster, 1895–1983, U.S. engineer, designer, and architect.
- (Sarah) Margaret Marchioness Ossoli, 1810–50, U.S. author and literary critic.
- Thomas, 1608–61, English clergyman and historian.
Fuller
1/ ˈfʊlə /
noun
- FullerRichard) Buckminster18951983MUSARCHITECTURE: architectTECHNOLOGY: engineer ( Richard ) Buckminster . 1895–1983, US architect and engineer: developed the geodesic dome
- FullerRoy (Broadbent)19121991MBritishWRITING: poetWRITING: writer Roy ( Broadbent ). 1912–91, British poet and writer, whose collections include The Middle of a War (1942) and A Lost Season (1944), both of which are concerned with World War II, Epitaphs and Occasions (1949), and Available for Dreams (1989)
- FullerThomas16081661MEnglishRELIGION: clergymanARTS AND CRAFTS: antiquarian Thomas . 1608–61, English clergyman and antiquarian; author of The Worthies of England (1662)
fuller
2/ ˈfʊlə /
noun
- a person who fulls cloth for his living
fuller
3/ ˈfʊlə /
noun
- Also calledfullering tool a tool for forging a groove
- a tool for caulking a riveted joint
verb
- tr to forge (a groove) or caulk (a riveted joint) with a fuller
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fuller1
Origin of fuller2
Example Sentences
State legislators and reporters repeatedly asked the state to provide fuller data to that effect, without luck.
It’s this testing that will perhaps uncover problems with the theory that might point the way to a fuller picture.
Bloomberg newsletter god Matt Levine has a fuller explanation of the dynamics.
The lower figure reportedly came after Brazilian scientists pressured Sinovac’s Brazilian partner, the Butantan Institute, to release a fuller picture of its trial results.
Fuller’s ticket obsession started innocently enough in March, when he paid roughly $200 on eBay for a ticket to Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
However, its options are weak: The court can issue a public rebuke or ask Fuller to resign, but little else.
Watkins recently wrote to the Supreme Court urging Chief Justice John Roberts to take action against Fuller.
[If] Judge Fuller concludes that he is morally incapable of continuing in that position, he will resign.
Mark Fuller, on the other hand, is unlikely to see any long-term professional fallout.
Forget the ever-growing bald spot—the glossy provided William with a nice, fuller head of hair.
As observation widens and grows finer, the first bald representation becomes fuller and more life-like.
There is quite a little knack in letting the hand fall so, but when you have once got it, the chord sounds much richer and fuller.
The types and symbols of a former period were blessed to the souls of men, as well as the fuller revelations of succeeding times.
To this book the reader who desires fuller information and minuter details than could be given in the following pages is referred.
Soil of Homburg composed of Fuller's-earth, warranted to absorb superfluous grease from cloth substances.
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