husk

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 See also 1.5 References 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʌsk/

[edit] Etymology 1

Probably from Low German hūske ‘little house, sheath’ (cognate with Middle Dutch huskjin > Dutch huisken), diminutive of hūs ‘house’.

[edit] Noun

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husk (plural husks)

1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside

   A coconut has a very thick husk.

2. Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something

   His attorney was a dried up husk of a man, ready for the grave, with one foot already inside and another on a banana peel.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)

1. (transitive) To remove husk(s) from.

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• Icelandic: afhýða

[edit] Etymology 2

Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.

[edit] Verb

to husk (third-person singular simple present husks, present participle husking, simple past and past participle husked)

1. (transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
   • The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — Naomi Novik, "His Majesty's Dragon"

[edit] See also

• husky

[edit] References

The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /husk/, [husɡ̊]

[edit] Verb

husk

1. Imperative of huske. (remember)