fuller

¹ American  

[fool-er] / ˈfʊl ər /

noun

1. a person who fulls cloth.

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fuller ² American  

[fool-er] / ˈfʊl ər /

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.

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verb (used with object)

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

Fuller ³ American  

[fool-er] / ˈfʊl ər /

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.

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Fuller ¹ British  

/ 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)

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fuller ² British  

/ ˈfʊlə /

noun

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

2. a tool for caulking a riveted joint

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verb

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

fuller ³ British  

/ ˈfʊlə /

noun

1. a person who fulls cloth for his living

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Beginning with the tree in the living area, Brown advised viewers to “tackle one section at a time,” and add single branches in at the end to make the tree appear fuller.

From MarketWatch

He will be delighted to have secured victory in little over an hour as he looks to build fitness for what he hopes will be a fuller return to the ATP Tour in 2026.

From BBC

The court has also begun adding fuller explanations to the unsigned orders that resolve these sorts of appeals.

From The Wall Street Journal

And somewhere between common sense and desperation, they settled on a formula: bowl a little fuller.

From BBC

There are, however, other metrics that provide a fuller picture of telephone customer service, and were also included in the report, experts argued.

From MarketWatch

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