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adj
comparative form of full: more full
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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name
A surname originating as an occupation, originally for someone who fulls cloth.
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
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name
A place in the United States:
A former community in Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
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noun
One who fulls cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: tucker, walker, waulker, feltmaker, felter
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noun
A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
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A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).
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verb
To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
noun
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller
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Broader terms: engineer, applied scientist, technologist, architect, designer
noun
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller
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Broader terms: chief justice
History
From full.
From fuller.
Inherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō (“fuller”) + -ere; equivalent to full (“to densen cloth”) + -er.
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Across languages
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