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1. (n.) hull
the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
2. hull
the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.
3. hull
any covering or envelope.
4. (v.t.) hull
to remove the hull of; skin, peel, shell, or shuck.
5. (n.) hull
the hollow lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
6. hull
the boatlike fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands or takes off.
7. hull
the cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gasbag of a rigid dirigible.
8. (v.t.) hull
to pierce (the hull of a ship), esp. below the water line.
9. (v.i.) hull
to drift without power or sails.
10. (n.) Hull
Cordell, 1871–1955, U.S. Secretary of State 1933–44: Nobel peace prize 1945.
11. Hull
a city in SE Canada, on the Ottawa River opposite Ottawa. 58,722.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hull
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
2. (noun) hull
persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry
3. (noun) Hull, Isaac Hull
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)
4. (noun) Hull, Cordell Hull
United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)
5. (noun) Hull, Kingston-upon Hull
a large fishing port in northeastern England
6. (verb) hull
the frame or body of ship
7. (verb) hull
remove the hulls from
"hull the berries"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Hull
the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk
2. (verb) Hull
the frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging
3. (verb) Hull
to strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn
4. (verb) Hull
to pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball
5. (verb) Hull
to toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Hull
or Kingston-Upon-Hull (260), a flourishing river-port in the E. Riding of Yorkshire, at the junction of the Hull with the Humber, 42 m. SE. of York; is an old town, and has many interesting churches, statues, and public buildings; is the third port of the kingdom; has immense docks, is the principal outlet for the woollen and cotton goods of the Midlands, and does a great trade with the Baltic and Germany; has flourishing shipbuilding yards, rope and canvas factories, sugar refineries, oil-mills, etc., and is an important centre of the east coast fisheries.
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Sense: the frame or body of a ship
The hull of the ship was painted black.
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 Afrikaans: romp |
 Arabic: جِسْم السَّفينَه |
 Bulgarian: шушулка |
 Brazilian: casco |
 Czech: trup |
 German: der Rumpf |
 Danish: skrog |
 Greek: σκελετός πλοίου |
 Spanish: casco |
 Estonian: laevakere |
 Farsi: بدنه كشتی |
 Finnish: runko |
 French: coque |
 Hebrew: גוּף סְפִינָה |
 Hindi: जहाज का ढांचा |
 Croatian: trup (broda) |
 Hungarian: hajótest |
 Indonesian: badan kapal |
 Icelandic: skipsskrokkur |
 Italian: scafo |
 Japanese: 船体 |
 Korean: 선체(船體) |
 Lithuanian: korpusas |
 Latvian: (kuģa) korpuss |
 Malay: badan kapal |
 Dutch: romp |
 Norwegian: skrog |
 Polish: kadłub statku |
 Persian: بدنه كشتی |
 Pashto: د بیړی بدنه |
 Portuguese: casco |
 Romanian: carcasă |
 Russian: корпус |
 Slovak: trup |
 Slovenian: ladijski trup |
 Serbian: trup broda |
 Swedish: skrov |
 Thai: ลำเรือ |
 Turkish: gemi teknesi |
 Taiwanese: 船殼 |
 Ukrainian: корпус |
 Urdu: کشتی ، جہاز وغیرہ کا ڈھان |
 Vietnamese: thân tàu |
 Chinese: 船壳 |
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