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 song started getting played on the radio and the shows got fuller.

From Los Angeles Times

The drug works as an appetite suppressant by mimicking a hormone that makes people feel fuller.

From BBC

The brand is best known for making specialty whey butter, which uses the cream that is separated from whey to produce a “mild, nutty, cheesy and richer, fuller flavor” butter, per its official website.

From Salon

The sound is fuller, the bass hits you deep in your bones and there’s just something electrifying about the imperfect scratchiness that makes you feel like you are actually in the room with the artist.

From Los Angeles Times

Here's a fuller look at what the two leaders might want from the meeting.

From BBC

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