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fuller
/ˈfʊ.ləɹ/
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What does fuller mean?
adjective
- comparative form of full: more full
noun
- One who fulls cloth.
- A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).
verb
- To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation, originally for someone who fulls cloth.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
- A former community in Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfʊ.ləɹ/
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The fuller one's conception of possible future achievements, the less his present activity is tied down to a small number of alternatives.
Into these Darwin did not enter, and they require a fuller investigation than is possible within the limits of the present paper.
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I wish I had space here to give a fuller abstract of Mr. Agassiz’s interesting observations on the development of the pedicellariæ.
On Monday there was a subscription-masquerade, much fuller than that of last year, but not so agreeable or so various in dresses.
It is not a pistillate, as many claim, Mr. Fuller asserts, but a spurious variety, largely mixed with it, is a pistillate.