United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
"Moody Fuller was a prominent American jurist who served as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930."
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
"The Fuller Museum displays a model of his famous geodesic dome design."
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
"The local fuller spent his days washing and thickening bolts of newly woven woolen cloth."
A person who fulls cloth.
"The blacksmith heated the iron bar before pressing it against the hot fuller to smooth out its edges."
A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
In plain English: A fuller is someone who uses special tools to make woolen cloth thicker and stronger by beating it together.
"The fuller removed all moisture from the wool fabric before drying it in the sun."
Usage: As a noun, a fuller is the specific blacksmithing tool with rounded edges used to shape and hollow out hot iron. Do not confuse this technical term for metalworking with its grammatical role as an adjective meaning "more full."
To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
"The blacksmith used a fuller to create a narrow groove along the length of the hot iron bar."
In plain English: To fuller something means to make it more rounded, smooth, or complete by adding details or finishing its shape.
"The gardener used fuller to clean out the old leaves from between her flower beds."
comparative form of full: more full
"The new mattress feels fuller than the old one, so I sleep much better on it now."
In plain English: Fuller means having more of something, such as being fuller with food or containing a larger amount than before.
"She wore her hair fuller after trying different styling products."
An occupational surname, from occupations for a person who fulls cloth.
"The Fuller family has lived in that village since their ancestor first adopted the name based on his trade of thickening woolen fabric."
Inherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō ("fuller") + -ere; equivalent to full ("to densen cloth") + -er.