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: walker, waulker

Derived terms

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)

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