Thesaurus: shuck

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1. n. A shock of grain.
2. n. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
3. n. The shell of an oyster or clam.
4. v. t. To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
5. n. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
6. v. remove from the shell
7. v. remove the shucks from
8. A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.] 1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut. 2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.] To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
9. A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]
10. n:12/v:88 v. remove from the shell v. remove the shucks from