fuller

¹

[fool-er]

noun

1. a person who fulls cloth.

fuller

²

[fool-er]

noun

1. a half-round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron.

2. a tool or part of a die for reducing the sectional area of a piece of work.

3. a groove running along the flat of a sword blade.

verb (used with object)

1. to reduce the sectional area of (a piece of metal) with a fuller or fullers.

Fuller

³

[fool-er]

noun

1. George, 1822–84, U.S. painter.

2. Henry B(lake), Stanton Page, 1857–1929, U.S. novelist, poet, and critic.

3. Melville Weston 1833–1910, chief justice of the U.S. 1888–1910.

4. R(ichard) Buckminster, 1895–1983, U.S. engineer, designer, and architect.

5. (Sarah) Margaret Marchioness Ossoli, 1810–50, U.S. author and literary critic.

6. Thomas, 1608–61, English clergyman and historian.

Fuller

¹

/ ˈfʊlə /

noun

1. ( Richard ) Buckminster . 1895–1983, US architect and engineer: developed the geodesic dome

2. 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)

3. Thomas . 1608–61, English clergyman and antiquarian; author of The Worthies of England (1662)

fuller

²

/ ˈfʊlə /

noun

1. Also called: fullering tool. a tool for forging a groove

2. a tool for caulking a riveted joint

verb

1. (tr) to forge (a groove) or caulk (a riveted joint) with a fuller

fuller

³

/ ˈfʊlə /

noun

1. a person who fulls cloth for his living

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuller¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fullere < Latin fullō fuller; -er ¹

Origin of fuller²

1810–20; originally noun, apparently full ¹ in sense to make full, close, compact + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuller¹

C19: perhaps from the name Fuller

Origin of fuller²

Old English fullere , from Latin fullō

Example Sentences

“The plate’s a lot fuller,” said Allen, who has three touchdown catches.

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“Although my client’s circumstances were revealed outside of her control, I hope it helps for the public to see a fuller and more human picture of her than the press has reported on to date.”

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What's needed, they write, is "a fuller, more inclusive picture where everyone must answer the question of their caste".

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Scott Boland bowled 74 deliveries to Root in the remaining three Tests of that series, conceded 39 runs and dismissed Root four times by consistently probing at that fuller length and finding nicks.

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The shutdown has left investors navigating markets without the typical batch of economic reports from the U.S. government that give a fuller picture on the health of the economy.

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