fuller

See also: Fuller and Füller

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊlə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ʊlə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Fuller

Etymology 1

From full.

Adjective

fuller

1. comparative form of full: more full
   • 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Scottish reorganisation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 119:

     Comment must be circumspect until fuller particulars are available, [...].

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō (“fuller”) +‎ -ere; equivalent to full (“to densen cloth”) +‎ -er.

Noun

fuller (plural fullers)

1. A person who fulls cloth.

   Synonyms: tucker, walker, waulker

   Near-synonyms: feltmaker, felter

Derived terms

• fuller's earth
• fuller's herb
• fuller's thistle
• fuller's weed

Translations

person

Arabic: قَصَّار m (qaṣṣār) Azerbaijani: keçəçi, keçəbasan, keçəatan Bulgarian: тепавичар (bg) m (tepavičar) Czech: valchář (cs) m, valchářka f Dutch: voller (nl) m, volder (nl) m Finnish: huovuttaja (fi) French: tailleur (fr) m, foulon (fr) m German: Walker (de) m Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (wullareis) Greek: Ancient: γναφεύς m (gnapheús) Italian: follatore m Latin: fullō m, nacca f Middle English: fullere, walkere Polish: pilśniarz, folarz m, folusznik (pl) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: валя́льщик (ru) m (valjálʹščik), сукнова́л (ru) m (suknovál) Scottish Gaelic: fùcadair m Spanish: batanero Swedish: valkare c Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 3

Sword blade with fuller along the centre.

Unknown.

Noun

fuller (plural fullers)

English Wikipedia has articles on:

fuller (metalworking) and fuller (groove)

Wikipedia Wikipedia

1. A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
2. A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).

Translations

tool

French: gouttière (fr) f Spanish: fuelle (es)

groove

Chinese: Mandarin: 凹槽 (zh) (āocáo) Danish: blodrille Dzongkha: ཝ་གཤོང (wa gshong) Finnish: veriura (fi) French: gouttière (fr) f Italian: sgusciatura (it) f Norwegian: blodrille Old Norse: bloðrefill Polish: zbrocze n Spanish: acanaladura (es) f Swedish: blodrand (sv), blodrilla, blodränna (sv), blodskåra (sv), hålkäl (sv)

Verb

fuller (third-person singular simple present fullers, present participle fullering, simple past and past participle fullered)

1. (transitive) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.

   to fuller a bayonet

Middle English

Noun

fuller

1. Alternative form of fullere