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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 Weston 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/ ˈʊə /
noun
( Richard ) Buckminster . 1895–1983, US architect and engineer: developed the geodesic dome
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)
Thomas . 1608–61, English clergyman and antiquarian; author of The Worthies of England (1662)
fuller
2/ ˈʊə /
noun
Also called: fullering 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
fuller
3/ ˈʊə /
noun
a person who fulls cloth for his living
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fuller1
Origin of fuller2
Example Sentences
A much fuller picture will come once the plane's black boxes - the electronic recording devices that store vital flight information - have been recovered.
I felt like those were people we needed to tell a fuller story.
The right, with a fuller length, is his pitch map against Zimbabwe.
He improved the more he bowled, a fuller length and straighter line to better the five-wicket haul he took in this ground against West Indies last year.
Essentially, he feared he would get a fuller security detail if he were attending a grand royal occasion at home than if he were returning on his own private business.
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