hull

See also Hull

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌl

Etymology 1

Middle English hul (“seed covering”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hulus (compare German Hülle, Hülse (“cover, veil”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”) (compare Old Irish calad, calath (“hard”), Latin callus, callum (“rough skin”), Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to cool, harden”), Albanian akull (“ice”)). For the sense development, compare French coque (“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phasēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).

Noun

hull (plural hulls)

1. The outer covering of a fruit or seed

Synonyms

• (outer covering of fruit or seed): husk, shell

Derived terms

• ahull
• monohull
• multihull
• twinhull
• tank hull
• hull-down

Translations

outer covering of a fruit or seed

Dutch: dop (nl) m. and f. Greek: φλοιός (el) (floiós) m., φλούδα (el) (floúda) f. Navajo: atsʼaʼ Portuguese: casca (pt) f.

Russian: шелуха (šeluχá) f., скорлупа (skorlupá) f. Scottish Gaelic: cochall (gd) m. Spanish: hollejo m., vaina f.

Verb

hull (third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)

1. To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

   She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.

Synonyms

• (to remove hull of a fruit or seed): peel, husk, shell, shuck

Translations

to remove the hull of a fruit or seed; to peel

Dutch: doppen (nl) Greek: ξεφλουδίζω (el) (xefloudízo), αποφλοιώνω (el) (apofloióno)

Portuguese: descascar (pt)

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

hull (plural hulls)

1. The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane

Translations

frame of a ship or plane

Catalan: buc (ca) m. Croatian: trup (hr) m. Dutch: casco (nl) n., scheepsromp (nl) m. Finnish: runko (fi) Greek: κύτος (el) (kýtos) n. Navajo: atsʼaʼ

Norwegian: skrog n. Portuguese: casco (pt) m. Russian: корпус (ru) (kórpus) m. Scottish Gaelic: slige f., plaosg m., cochall m. Spanish: casco (es) m.

Verb

hull (third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive, nautical) to drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.1:

     We goe not, but we are carried: as things that flote, now gliding gently, now hulling violently, according as the water is, either stormy or calme.

2. (transitive) to hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc

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Estonian

Adjective

hull

1. crazy, mad

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• hullik

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhulː/

Verb

hull

1. to fall

   Hull a hó. - It's snowing. (Literally: the snow is falling)

   térdre hull - fall on one's knees

2. (tears) to flow
3. (hair) to fall out
4. to die

   hullanak, mint a legyek - they are dying off like flies

Conjugation

conjugation of hull

Infinitive			hullni
Past participle			hullt
Present participle			hulló
Future participle			-
Adverbial participle			hullva
Potential			hullhat
			1st person sg.	2nd person sg. informal	3rd person sg., 2nd person sg. formal	1st person pl.	2nd person pl. informal	3rd person pl., 2nd person pl. formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	hullok	hullsz	hull	hullunk	hulltok	hullnak
		Definite	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
	Past	Indefinite	hulltam	hulltál	hullt	hulltunk	hulltatok	hulltak
		Definite	-
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	hullnék	hullnál	hullna	hullnánk	hullnátok	hullnának
		Definite	-
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	hulljak	hullj or hulljál	hulljon	hulljunk	hulljatok	hulljanak
		Definite	-
Conjugated Infinitive			hullnom	hullnod	hullnia	hullnunk	hullnotok	hullniuk

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conjugation of hull

Infinitive			hullani
Past participle			hullott
Present participle			hulló
Future participle			-
Adverbial participle			hullva
Potential			hullhat
			1st person sg.	2nd person sg. informal	3rd person sg., 2nd person sg. formal	1st person pl.	2nd person pl. informal	3rd person pl., 2nd person pl. formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	hullok	hullasz	hull	hullunk	hullotok	hullanak
		Definite	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
	Past	Indefinite	hullottam	hullottál	hullott	hullottunk	hullottatok	hullottak
		Definite	-
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	hullanék	hullanál	hullana	hullanánk	hullanátok	hullanának
		Definite	-
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	hulljak	hullj or hulljál	hulljon	hulljunk	hulljatok	hulljanak
		Definite	-
Conjugated Infinitive			hullanom	hullanod	hullania	hullanunk	hullanotok	hullaniuk

Derived terms

• hulla
• hulladék

With verb prefixes

• elhull v
• kihull v
• lehull v

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hull n. (definite singular hullet; indefinite plural hull/huller; definite plural hulla/hullene)

1. hole