Hull

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
  • n. The enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.
  • n. Nautical The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
  • n. The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.
  • n. The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
  • v. To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane
  • v. to drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled
  • v. to hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc
  • n. The outer covering of a fruit or seed
  • v. To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
  • n. The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
  • v. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument.
  • v. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
  • verb-intransitive. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An outer covering, particularly of a nut or of grain; a husk.
  • n. Synonyms Husk, etc. See skin, n.
  • To strip off the hull or hulls of: as, to hull grain; to hull strawberries.
  • To strip off.
  • n. The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards, and rigging.
  • n. Hence— In sporting, so far behind as to stand no chance of winning.
  • To strike or pierce the hull of (a ship) with a cannon-ball.
  • To float or drift on the water, as the hull of a ship without the aid of sails.
  • A variant of hill.
  • n. A hovel; a pen; a sty.
  • n. Holly.
  • n. A dialectal pronunciation of whole, common in New England.
  • To shell (oysters).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the frame or body of ship
  • n. persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
  • n. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
  • n. United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)
  • v. remove the hulls from
  • n. a large fishing port in northeastern England
  • n. United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
  • Verb Form
    hulled    hulling    hulls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    structure    construction    calyx    naval officer    remove    take    withdraw    take away    port    metropolis   
    Cross Reference
    body    hulled barley    hull down    hull sunk    to lie a hull    a hull    hulled corn    hull up   
    Form
    hulled    hulling    tank hull    multihull    hull-down    twinhull    monohull    ahull   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stripe    pod    shell    shuck    decorticate    peel    husky   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Mull    Shull    crull    cul    cull    dull    gul    gull    kuhl    lull   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deck    hatch    mast    dome    bow    shield    tank    bulkhead    bridge    panel