Thesaurus: hull

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1. v. t. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
2. v. t. The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
3. v. t. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
4. v. t. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
5. v. i. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
6. n. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
7. n. persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
8. n. the frame or body of ship
9. v. remove the hulls from
10. 1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk. 2. Etym: [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden. Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea. 1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn. 2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball. To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.
11. The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards,sails, and rigging.Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden.Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed bythe convexity of the sea.
12. v:3/n:97 n. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut n. persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry 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) n. United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)