hull
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hul- (compare Dutch hul (“hood”), German Hülle, Hülse (“cover, veil”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”); or possibly 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”)). For the sense development, compare French coque (“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).
Noun[edit]
hull (plural hulls)
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Verb[edit]
hull (third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)
- To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English holle, hoole (“hull, hold of a ship, ship”), of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant and special use of Etymology 1 above, conformed to hull. Alternatively, a variant of Middle English hole, hoole, holle (“hiding place, lair, den, shelter, compartment”, literally “hole, hollow”), related to Middle Dutch and Dutch hol (“hole, ship's cargo hold”). More at hole.
Noun[edit]

hull (plural hulls)
- The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
- Synonym: (of a winged aircraft) fuselage
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, Quatrain 60, 1808, The Works of John Dryden, Volume 9, page 115,
- Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light, / And through the yielding planks a passage find.
- (mathematics, geometry, of a set A) The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
- The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
- holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull
- Synonym: span
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Verb[edit]
hull (third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)
- (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, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 1, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
- […] Thus hulling in
The wild sea of my conscience, I did steer
Toward this remedy, whereupon we are
Now present here together:
- 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals[1], 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 8:
- In this virtuous voyage of life hull not about like the ark, without the use of rudder, mast, or sail, and bound for no port.
- (transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
- 1774, George Shelvocke, “The Voyage of Captain Shelvock Round the World”, in David Henry, editor, An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators[2], volume 2, London: F. Newbery, page 163:
- During this action, we had not a man killed or wounded, although the enemy often hulled us, and once, in particular, a shot coming into one of our ports, dismounted one of our guns between decks […]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *hullu. Cognate to Finnish hullu and Livonian ull.
Adjective[edit]
hull (genitive hullu, partitive hullu, comparative hullem, superlative kõige hullem)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hull | hullud |
accusative | hullu | hullud |
genitive | hullu | hullude |
partitive | hullu | hulle hullusid |
illative | hullu hullusse |
hulludesse hullesse |
inessive | hullus | hulludes hulles |
elative | hullust | hulludest hullest |
allative | hullule | hulludele hullele |
adessive | hullul | hulludel hullel |
ablative | hullult | hulludelt hullelt |
translative | hulluks | hulludeks hulleks |
terminative | hulluni | hulludeni |
essive | hulluna | hulludena |
abessive | hulluta | hulludeta |
comitative | hulluga | hulludega |
Notes | 1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type. |
Hungarian[edit]
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hull
- (intransitive) to fall
- Hull a hó. ― It's snowing. (literally, “The snow is falling.”)
- térdre hull ― to fall on one's knees
- (intransitive, of tears) to flow
- (intransitive, of hair) to fall out
- (intransitive) to die (in large quantities)
- Hullanak, mint a legyek. ― They are dying off like flies.
Conjugation[edit]
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | hullok | hullsz | hull | hullunk | hulltok | hullnak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | hulltam | hulltál | hullt | hulltunk | hulltatok | hulltak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | hullnék | hullnál | hullna | hullnánk | hullnátok | hullnának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | hulljak | hullj or hulljál |
hulljon | hulljunk | hulljatok | hulljanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | hullni | hullnom | hullnod | hullnia | hullnunk | hullnotok | hullniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
hullás | hulló | hullt | ― | hullva | hullhat |
or
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | hullok | hullasz | hull | hullunk | hullotok | hullanak |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | hullottam | hullottál | hullott | hullottunk | hullottatok | hullottak | |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | hullanék | hullanál | hullana | hullanánk | hullanátok | hullanának |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | hulljak | hullj or hulljál |
hulljon | hulljunk | hulljatok | hulljanak |
Def. | ― | |||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | |||||||
Infinitive | hullani | hullanom | hullanod | hullania | hullanunk | hullanotok | hullaniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
hullás | hulló | hullott | ― | hullva | hullhat |
Derived terms[edit]
(With verbal prefixes):
Further reading[edit]
- hull in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Norse hól, probably through Danish hul. Compare to English hole
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
hull n (definite singular hullet, indefinite plural hull or huller, definite plural hulla or hullene)
- a hole
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
hull
- imperative of hulle
See also[edit]
- hòl (Nynorsk)
References[edit]
- “hull” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
hull n
- soft, superficial flesh (fat and muscle)
- Nypa någon i hullet
- Pinch someone's belly (for example)
- lägga på hullet
- get fatter ("lay on the flesh")
- fast/lös i hullet
- firm/loose in the flesh
Declension[edit]
Declension of hull | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | hull | hullet | — | — |
Genitive | hulls | hullets | — | — |
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