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Most corn is combine harvested, which means it's picked and shelled in the field - but that's rough on the corn because the husk is more likely to be scratched or cracked.
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Meaning of "husk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HUSK

Probably based on Middle Dutch huusken little house, from hūs house; related to Old English hosu husk, hūshouse.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HUSK

husk  [hʌsk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUSK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Husk is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb husk in English.

WHAT DOES HUSK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

husk

Husk

Husk in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. It often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit or vegetable. It can also refer to the exuvia of bugs or small animals left behind after moulting. Plantago-seed mucilage is often referred to as husk, or psyllium husk.

Definition of husk in the English dictionary

The first definition of husk in the dictionary is the external green or membranous covering of certain fruits and seeds. Other definition of husk is any worthless outer covering. Husk is also to remove the husk from.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HUSK

PRESENT

Present
I husk
you husk
he/she/it husks
we husk
you husk
they husk
Present continuous
I am husking
you are husking
he/she/it is husking
we are husking
you are husking
they are husking
Present perfect
I have husked
you have husked
he/she/it has husked
we have husked
you have husked
they have husked
Present perfect continuous
I have been husking
you have been husking
he/she/it has been husking
we have been husking
you have been husking
they have been husking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I husked
you husked
he/she/it husked
we husked
you husked
they husked
Past continuous
I was husking
you were husking
he/she/it was husking
we were husking
you were husking
they were husking
Past perfect
I had husked
you had husked
he/she/it had husked
we had husked
you had husked
they had husked
Past perfect continuous
I had been husking
you had been husking
he/she/it had been husking
we had been husking
you had been husking
they had been husking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will husk
you will husk
he/she/it will husk
we will husk
you will husk
they will husk
Future continuous
I will be husking
you will be husking
he/she/it will be husking
we will be husking
you will be husking
they will be husking
Future perfect
I will have husked
you will have husked
he/she/it will have husked
we will have husked
you will have husked
they will have husked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been husking
you will have been husking
he/she/it will have been husking
we will have been husking
you will have been husking
they will have been husking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would husk
you would husk
he/she/it would husk
we would husk
you would husk
they would husk
Conditional continuous
I would be husking
you would be husking
he/she/it would be husking
we would be husking
you would be husking
they would be husking
Conditional perfect
I would have husk
you would have husk
he/she/it would have husk
we would have husk
you would have husk
they would have husk
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been husking
you would have been husking
he/she/it would have been husking
we would have been husking
you would have been husking
they would have been husking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you husk
we let´s husk
you husk
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to husk
Past participle
husked
Present Participle
husking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUSK


busk
bʌsk
cornhusk
ˈkɔːnˌhʌsk
cusk
kʌsk
dusk
dʌsk
fusc
fʌsk
lusk
lʌsk
musk
mʌsk
predusk
priːˈdʌsk
rusk
rʌsk
subfusc
ˈsʌbfʌsk
tsk
tʌsk
tusk
tʌsk
unhusk
ʌnˈhʌsk
Usk
ʌsk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUSK

hush money
hush puppy
hush up
hush-hush
hushabies
hushaby
hushed
hushedly
hushful
hushy
husker
huskier
huskies
huskiest
huskily
huskiness
husklike
husky
huso
huss

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUSK

a big ask
ask
asterisk
at risk
desk
disk
Donetsk
fisk
front desk
hard disk
help desk
high-risk
kiosk
mask
Minsk
mollusk
Nynorsk
risk
sk
task

Synonyms and antonyms of husk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HUSK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «husk» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of husk
bark · chaff · covering · glume · hull · rind · shell · shuck

Translation of «husk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUSK

Find out the translation of husk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of husk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «husk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

稻壳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cáscara
570 millions of speakers

English

husk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шелуха
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

껍질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Husk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỏ đậu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உமி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भुसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kabuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łuska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лушпиння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coajă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φλοιό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doppe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

husk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrelle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of husk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUSK»

The term «husk» is very widely used and occupies the 9.810 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUSK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «husk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «husk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about husk

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «HUSK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word husk.
1
Edward Carpenter
Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.
2
Ken Kercheval
Most corn is combine harvested, which means it's picked and shelled in the field - but that's rough on the corn because the husk is more likely to be scratched or cracked.
3
George MacDonald
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUSK»

Discover the use of husk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to husk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Husk: A Novel
It's not like Sheldon Funk didn't have enough on his plate. His last audition, for the reality television series House Bingo, had gone disastrously wrong. His mother was in the late stages of dementia.
Corey Redekop, 2012
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The Goblin King
When a beautiful mortal woman summons him to grant a wish, Roan, cursed by a Druid millennia ago to lead a solitary existence in the Shadowlands, sees her as his salvation. Original.
Shona Husk, 2011
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Husk
Includes short comic stories, drawings, passages of text, and "Johnny Overbite" strips.
Albert Benjamin Thompson, 2005
4
Technical Handbook for the Paddy Rice Postharvest Industry ...
Solid fueled Paddy husk is the most common solid fuel used for drying paddy. Wood and coal are also used, but are usually expensive. Paddy husk with a bulk density of 117-128 kg/m3 is not economical to transport from the rice mill where it  ...
James E. Wimberly, 1983
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Coconut Palm Products: Their Processing in Developing Countries
UTILIZATION OF COCONUT HUSK Coconut husk — the fibrous mesocarp which lies between the tough exocarp, or outer covering, and the endocarp, or hard shell, which encloses the kernel (and includes the exocarp itself) — constitutes ...
Brian E. Grimwood, Ashman, F., Jarman, C.G., 1975
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Handbook on Ingredients for Aquaculture Feeds
10. COCOA-POD. HUSK. MEAL. 10.1 Rationale Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) of the family Sterculiaceae, is the ever-green tree of 6.0 to 8.0 m height of the tropical rainforest. The cocoa bean is an old Mexican stimulant and foodstuff.
J.W. Hertrampf, F. Piedad-Pascual, 2003
7
The Summons: A Goblin King Prequel
He would protect her. But what would he ask in return...? Enjoy this short free prequel and a sneak peek of The Goblin King, the first of a highly imaginative new paranormal series by Shona Husk.
Shona Husk, 2011
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Husk: A Novel
A Novel Corey Redekop. Husk a novel Corey Redekop Husk 0 novel Corey Bedekop Fur Euthyv fur reusnns thut. Front Cover.
Corey Redekop, 2012
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Husk
Chapter. Fifty-Eight. “Nancy, I'm going to call it a day.” Eight o'clock in the morning ended a long, wakeful stretch for Chief Sooner. With a team on a mission, he usually slept in his glass office until touchdown but not this time. Chest fallen, lips  ...
Rick Chitwood, 2010
10
Dark Husk of Beauty
Andrew Leggett. Dark Husk of Beauty I DARK HUSK OF BEAUTY 'Now if you take the.
Andrew Leggett, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUSK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term husk is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Day of Dining for $10 in Chicago - Eater Chicago
Greasy, tasty and wrapped in a corn husk, there's lots of meat flecked with red pepper and encased in masa. Cash remaining: $5.25. 2:30 p.m. ... «Eater, Jul 15»
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Dining review: Blistered Pig Smokehouse hits the spot | News …
Grilled-in-the-husk corn on the cob, stewed okra and tomatoes, and a surprisingly light and refreshing black-eyed pea salad, to name a few ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
3
Samuelsson, Hall, Love and Other Top Chefs Lead Panels at Music …
20: TV personality Andrew Zimmern will moderate "Bites From the Road," with Nashville chefs Lisa Donovan (Buttermilk Road and Husk ... «Nashville Scene, Jul 15»
4
Aw, shucks! There's better way to fix corn - Quad-Cities Online …
Cook the corn in the husk using your preferred method. Boil it, microwave it, roast it, hold it in the sun under a giant magnifying glass. The key ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
5
Garden & Gun food issue celebrates Charleston dishes - Post and …
... South Carolina, at Minero—the Mexican canteen from Sean Brock, the chef who dismissed non-Southern products from his pantry at Husk—I ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
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Believe It Or Not: Oldest Sperm Found! : Science : Latinos Post
The owner of the sperm made a 2-millimeter cocoon that serves as a protective husk for an egg and sperm during the worm's reproduction ... «Latinos Post, Jul 15»
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Global delight | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County …
... with more heft and heartier fillings — and a tamale wrapped in banana leaves instead of our more familiar Mexican wrapper, the corn husk. «Denton Record Chronicle, Jul 15»
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The Horror of My First Wrinkles: A Sad Skin Care Story, Told in GIFs …
Though my rational brain knows that I won't degrade into a shriveled-up husk, the panicky, perfection-obsessed part of my mind is a little afraid ... «StyleCaster, Jul 15»
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Durians' thorny issues: 5 beliefs about the fruit debunked | Inquirer …
4 Pour salt water into the husk and drink from it to regulate the “heatiness” from eating ... But there is no need to drink it from the durian husk. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
10
REIFY Launches on Kickstarter: Artists Turn Songs into 3D Printed …
The totems themselves come a relatively wide range of 3D printing materials which includes plastic, bronze – even coconut husk. «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»

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