Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
- noun The persistent calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.
- noun Nautical The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
- noun The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.
- noun The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
- transitive verb To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hovel; a pen; a sty.
- noun The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards, and rigging.
- noun Hence— In sporting, so far behind as to stand no chance of winning.
- noun An outer covering, particularly of a nut or of grain; a husk.
- noun Synonyms Husk, etc. See
skin , n. - To strip off the hull or hulls of: as, to
hull grain; to hull strawberries. - To strip off.
- 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.
- noun Holly.
- noun A dialectal pronunciation of whole, common in New England.
- A variant of
hill . - To shell (oysters).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument.
- transitive verb To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
- noun The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
- noun (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
- noun said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
- intransitive verb obsolete To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The outer
covering of afruit orseed - verb To
remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed. - noun The body or frame of a
vessel such as aship orplane - verb obsolete, intransitive, nautical to
drift ; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled - verb transitive to
hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the frame or body of ship
- noun persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
- noun dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
- noun 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)
- verb remove the hulls from
- noun a large fishing port in northeastern England
- noun United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The WD-14, a basic 141 ⁄ 2-foot aluminum hull, is best matched with a 9 - to 25-hp tiller engine.
Lund Wilderness WD-14 fishing boat JayCassell 2009
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The speed of a ship with a non-planing hull is proportional to the square root of the water line.
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You do know that the Titanic has been extensively documented on film, including the punctures in her hull from the iceberg as well as the section of the keel that was ripped apart when she broke up?
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The WD-14, a basic 141 ⁄ 2-foot aluminum hull, is best matched with a 9 - to 25-hp tiller engine.
Lund Wilderness WD-14 fishing boat JayCassell 2009
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Not wanting to make leaks worse, but … I think my hull is suffering from rust.
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The Titanic has hit an iceberg, hull is shattered, she's taking on water and is listing badly.
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Its narrow tri-hull is meant to pierce waves — punch right through them instead of ride on top, with twin sponsons providing lift and stability.
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The hull is constructed of a special fiberglass and resin to absorb shocks from underwater explosions.
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The canoe hull is coated with fish slime and scales.
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The hull is constructed of a special fiberglass and resin to absorb shocks from underwater explosions.
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