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HUSK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("husk" is a kind of...):

case; sheath (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "husk"):

cornhusk (the husk of an ear of corn)

hull (dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut)

cod; pod; seedcase (the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves))

bract (a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence)

Derivation:

husk (remove the husks from)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Synonyms:

chaff; husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("husk" is a kind of...):

plant material; plant substance (material derived from plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "husk"):

bran (broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting)

Derivation:

husk (remove the husks from)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the husks from

Example:

husk corn

Synonyms:

husk; shell

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "husk" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

husk (outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds)

husk (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)

husking (the removal of covering)

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