hull
verb/hʌl/
/hʌl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hull | /hʌl/ /hʌl/ |
| he / she / it hulls | /hʌlz/ /hʌlz/ |
| past simple hulled | /hʌld/ /hʌld/ |
| past participle hulled | /hʌld/ /hʌld/ |
| -ing form hulling | /ˈhʌlɪŋ/ /ˈhʌlɪŋ/ |
- hull something to remove the outer layer that covers peas, beans, grain, etc. or the ring of leaves attached to strawberries
- First wash and hull the strawberries.
- hulled barley
Word Originverb Old English hulu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch huls, German Hülse ‘husk, pod’, and German Hülle ‘covering’, also to heel ‘to put a plant in the ground and cover its roots’.Want to learn more?
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