All hulling synonyms
hullΒ·ing
H h verb hulling
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- shave β to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- graze β to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- pare β Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ΙΜΛbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510β90, French surgeon.
- scrape β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- tear β the act of tearing.
- rob β to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
- dismantle β to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- deprive β If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- lift β to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- ransack β to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- gut β the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- divest β to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- scale β a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- slough β the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- peel β to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
- decorticate β to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- cast β The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- scalp β the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- strip β to cut, tear, or form into strips.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- rind β a piece of iron running across an upper millstone as a support.
- bark β When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.
- flay β to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- undress β to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
- pillage β to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- denude β To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- despoil β To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
- plunder β to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- spoil β to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- unclothe β to strip of clothes.
- disrobe β Take off one's clothes.
noun, verb hulling
- capsule β A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow.
- husk β the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- skin β the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- shell β a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- covering β A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- hull β Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ΛkΙr dΙl,, kΙrΛdΙl/ (Show IPA), 1871β1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933β44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
- vessel β a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- sheath β a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- shuck β a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- sheathing β the act of a person who sheathes.