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Fuller

noun

1.

United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910). Synonyms: Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller.

2.

United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983). Synonyms: Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller.

3.

A workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living.

Full

adjective

(compar. fuller; superl. fullest)

1.

Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal. "A sky full of stars" , "A full life" , "The auditorium was full to overflowing"

2.

Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. Synonyms: entire, total. "Gave full attention" , "A total failure"

3.

Complete in extent or degree and in every particular. Synonym: total. "A total eclipse" , "A total disaster"

4.

Filled to satisfaction with food or drink. Synonym: replete.

5.

(of sound) having marked deepness and body. "A full voice"

6.

Having the normally expected amount. Synonym: good. "Gives good measure" , "A good mile from here"

7.

Being at a peak or culminating point. Synonym: broad. "Full summer"

8.

Having ample fabric. Synonyms: wide, wide-cut. "A full skirt"

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"Fuller" Quotes from Famous Books

... Certainly death just then did not seem welcome. I loved life and enjoyed it, and longed for its fuller experiences. As I studied his question, there came a fear that, since I clung with such desire to life, I could not be fitted for higher places. No doubt he saw the pained, uncertain look on my face, which his question ...

— Medoline Selwyn's Work • Mrs. J. J. Colter

... went to ride again, it was on melting snow, with the slowest horse Troutt had. Maud was happier than she had been since she left school, and fuller of color and singing. She dared not let a golden moment pass now without hearing it ring full, and she dared not think how short this day of ...

— Other Main-Travelled Roads • Hamlin Garland

... later lamps for burning oil, naphtha, and other combustibles have been constructed, has been already referred to. Many other inventions and discoveries occupied his leisure during the years in which he was allowed to follow his profession both in British and in foreign service;[15] and the fuller leisure forced upon him during the years following his return from Greece was chiefly devoted to further ...

— The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II • Thomas Lord Cochrane

... For fuller particulars as to Butler's books see the Bibliography prefixed to Vol. I. of the Memoir by H. ...

— The Samuel Butler Collection - at Saint John's College Cambridge • Henry Festing Jones

... them to breakfast, at which meal the first lieutenant was also present, and here they gave much fuller details of their escape than Hawtry had done in his first ...

— Jack Archer • G. A. Henty

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