Hull - English meaning

noun

The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal.

Usage examples:

It's important to keep your body in good condition

verb

Give material form to something abstract.

Usage examples:

He bodied forth the traditional prussian remedy for all ills

noun

A small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one.

Usage examples:

He showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules

noun

A small container

noun

A measured amount of medicine in a very small, rounded, soft container which is swallowed

Usage examples:

The apollo 11 capsule

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A particular situation or example of something

Usage examples:

We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

noun

A cover or shell that protects or encloses something.

Usage examples:

A waterproof casing

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A container or cover that goes around something to hold it together or protect it

Usage examples:

A metal casing enclosed the three-inch thick cable.

noun

A thing used to protect, decorate, or conceal something else.

Usage examples:

A vinyl floor covering

adjective

(of shooting) carried out to protect an exposed person from an enemy.

Usage examples:

We retreated behind spurts of covering fire

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

verb

Remove the bark, rind, or husk from.

Usage examples:

Tamarind seeds were cleaned, roasted, decorticated, and pulverized

adjective

Having had the cortex of the brain removed or separated.

Usage examples:

The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.

adjective

Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something.

Usage examples:

Exterior and interior walls

noun

The outer surface or structure of something.

Usage examples:

A jar with floral designs on the exterior

adjective

Outer; on or from the outside

Usage examples:

The exterior walls of the house are painted pink., the exterior of the house needs painting.

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

An essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object.

Usage examples:

A conservatory in a delicate framework of iron

noun

A structure around or over which something is built

Usage examples:

The steel framework of a bridge, they’re operating within the framework of a military bureaucracy.,…

noun

A system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something

Usage examples:

A framework for sth the future trade agenda can provide an important framework for restoring sustai…

noun

The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds.

Usage examples:

The fibrous husk of the coconut

verb

Remove the husk or husks from.

Usage examples:

They set up mills to husk the rice

verb

Say something in a husky voice.

Usage examples:

‘what big blue eyes you have,’ husked lorenzo

noun

A tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

This chemical compound is found in the integument of the seed

noun

An outer covering, for example a skin or shell

noun

A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.

Usage examples:

He sows a mixture of grasses and legumes

noun

A plant that has its seeds in a pod, such as the bean or pea

verb

Trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Usage examples:

Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife

verb

Remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

She watched him peel an apple with deliberate care

noun

The outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable.

Usage examples:

Pieces of potato peel

noun

A flat implement like a shovel, especially one used by a baker for carrying loaves or similar items of food into or out of an oven.

Usage examples:

A wooden pizza peel

noun

The part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.

Usage examples:

Fruits had the pericarps removed and the seeds were stratified.

noun

The layer that develops from the ovary wall around the seed of a plant after it is fertilized and forms the skin and flesh of the fruit

noun

An elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe.

Usage examples:

Gorse pods were popping in the sun

verb

(of a plant) bear or form pods.

Usage examples:

The peas have failed to pod

noun

A small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales.

Usage examples:

A pod of 500 dolphins frolicking in the bay

noun

The tough outer skin of certain fruit, especially citrus fruit.

Usage examples:

Decorate with fine shreds of orange rind

verb

Strip the bark from (a tree).

Usage examples:

When the meat ran out they had to rind trees and chew the inner bark for nourishment

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

noun

An internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

The human skeleton

noun

The frame of bones supporting a human or animal body

Usage examples:

We found a deer skeleton.

adjective

Used to describe something in its most basic form

Usage examples:

His solicitor confirmed he had faxed a skeleton argument supporting his client's application for ba…

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

noun

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

Usage examples:

The two sentences have equivalent structures

verb

Construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to.

Usage examples:

Services must be structured so as to avoid pitfalls

noun

The arrangement or organization of parts in a system

Usage examples:

Molecular structure, [ u ] grammatical structure changes from language to language., [ c ] when the…