Meaning of "scull" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCULL

Of unknown origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SCULL

scull  [skʌl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCULL

Scull 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 scull in English.

WHAT DOES SCULL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sculling

Sculling generally refers to a method of using oars to propel watercraft in which the oar or oars touch the water on both the port and starboard sides of the craft, or over the stern. By extension, the oars themselves are also often referred to as sculls when used in this manner, and the boat itself may be referred to as a scull.

Definition of scull in the English dictionary

The first definition of scull in the dictionary is a single oar moved from side to side over the stern of a boat to propel it. Other definition of scull is one of a pair of short-handled oars, both of which are pulled by one oarsman, esp in a racing shell. Scull is also a racing shell propelled by an oarsman or oarsmen pulling two oars.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCULL

PRESENT

Present

I scull

you scull

he/she/it sculls

we scull

you scull

they scull

Present continuous

I am sculling

you are sculling

he/she/it is sculling

we are sculling

you are sculling

they are sculling

Present perfect

I have sculled

you have sculled

he/she/it has sculled

we have sculled

you have sculled

they have sculled

Present perfect continuous

I have been sculling

you have been sculling

he/she/it has been sculling

we have been sculling

you have been sculling

they have been sculling

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 sculled

you sculled

he/she/it sculled

we sculled

you sculled

they sculled

Past continuous

I was sculling

you were sculling

he/she/it was sculling

we were sculling

you were sculling

they were sculling

Past perfect

I had sculled

you had sculled

he/she/it had sculled

we had sculled

you had sculled

they had sculled

Past perfect continuous

I had been sculling

you had been sculling

he/she/it had been sculling

we had been sculling

you had been sculling

they had been sculling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will scull

you will scull

he/she/it will scull

we will scull

you will scull

they will scull

Future continuous

I will be sculling

you will be sculling

he/she/it will be sculling

we will be sculling

you will be sculling

they will be sculling

Future perfect

I will have sculled

you will have sculled

he/she/it will have sculled

we will have sculled

you will have sculled

they will have sculled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sculling

you will have been sculling

he/she/it will have been sculling

we will have been sculling

you will have been sculling

they will have been sculling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would scull

you would scull

he/she/it would scull

we would scull

you would scull

they would scull

Conditional continuous

I would be sculling

you would be sculling

he/she/it would be sculling

we would be sculling

you would be sculling

they would be sculling

Conditional perfect

I would have scull

you would have scull

he/she/it would have scull

we would have scull

you would have scull

they would have scull

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sculling

you would have been sculling

he/she/it would have been sculling

we would have been sculling

you would have been sculling

they would have been sculling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you scull
we let´s scull
you scull

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to scull

Past participle

sculled

Present Participle

sculling

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.

TRANSLATION OF SCULL

Find out the translation of scull to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of scull from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scull» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 橹
• Translator English - Spanish: scull
• English: scull
• Translator English - Hindi: खेना
• Translator English - Arabic: سكل
• Translator English - Russian: череп
• Translator English - Portuguese: scull
• Translator English - Bengali: বৈঠা
• Translator English - French: godille
• Translator English - Malay: Scull
• Translator English - German: Skull
• Translator English - Japanese: スカル
• Translator English - Korean: 스컬
• Translator English - Javanese: Scull
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cây chèo lái
• Translator English - Tamil: ஸ்கல்
• Translator English - Marathi: खोपट
• Translator English - Turkish: boyna etmek
• Translator English - Italian: di coppia
• Translator English - Polish: wiosłować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: череп
• Translator English - Romanian: scull
• Translator English - Greek: κρανίο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skedel
• Translator English - Swedish: scull
• Translator English - Norwegian: scull

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCULL»

Discover the use of scull in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scull and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Madness: A Very Short Introduction

"Andrew Scull examines the social, historical, and culturally variable response to madness over the centuries, providing a provocative and entertaining examination of mental illness over more than two millennia."--P. [2] of cover.

Andrew Scull, 2011

Hysteria: The Disturbing History

The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing.

Andrew Scull, 2011

Hysteria: The Biography

The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing.

Andrew Scull, 2009

Rowing Against the Current: On Learning to Scull at Forty

In the midst of the standard, dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine-tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- forty-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport ...

Barry Strauss, 2001

The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in ...

In this elegantly written book, the author studies the evolution of the treatment of lunacy in England and Wales, tracing what lies behind the transformations in social practices and beliefs, and examining how institutional management of ...

Andrew Scull, 2005

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine

A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine Andrew Scull. wire. Searchlights are mounted on the walls, canine units patrol the no man's land that surrounds the forbidding grey buildings.No pretense or architectural contrivance seeks ...

Andrew Scull, 2007

Social Order/mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in ...

Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective Andrew T. Scull ... See Andrew Scull, "Desperate Remedies: A Gothic Tale of Madness and Modern Medicine," Psychological Medicine 17 (1987): 561—77. 239 I cannot pretend to possess ...

Andrew T. Scull, 1989

Scull's a Chapter of Family History: Sir William Brown ...

Manuscript history of the Brown family in England. Nathaniel Brown was an early settler at Ipswich, Mass.

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Dictionary of Newfoundland English

caplin school, - schule, ~ shoal See CAPLIN SCULL. caplin scull n also ~ school, ~ schule, ~ shoal. Cp OED shoal sb1 1 (1579-). school sb2 1 (1400-), scull spellings 15th-19th c; DC ~ Nfld (1964) for senses 1,2; see also SCULL n 2.

George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990

Linux Device Drivers

Throughout the chapter, we present code fragments extracted from a real device driver: scull (Simple Character Utility for Loading Localities). scull is a char driver that acts on a memory area as though it were a device. In this chapter, because ...

Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCULL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scull is used in the context of the following news items.

Rowing: Double scull crown for NZ

The 19-year-old from Dunedin tonight backed up her world under 23 title of last year by repeating it, winning the lightweight double scull crown with Jackie ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

Dubai's Drake & Scull wins Kuwait contract worth Dh218m

Dubai-based contracting company Drake & Scull has been awarded a Dh218m contract to deliver a package of works for a “major education institution” in ... «The National, Jul 15»

Why Do Men Strip? Here's the Answer from CU Denver's Maren Scull

Working on her sociology dissertation landed Maren Scull in some strange situations — like the time she ended up alone in a motel room with a newly released ... «Westword, Jul 15»

Canberra rower Kim Crow wins single-scull gold at Swiss World …

Canberra rower Kim Crow wins single-scull gold at Swiss World Rowing Cup ... The Canberran easily won the women's single scull at the third World Rowing ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

Drake & Scull shares soar as Gulf investor restrictions are lifted

Drake and Scull International has lifted all restrictions on ownership of its stock by Gulf investors, sending its shares soaring to their highest one-day gain in 12 ... «The National, Jul 15»

Kiwi sculler Zoe McBride sets new world's best time at World Cup …

Nineteen-year-old lightweight women's single sculler Zoe McBride set a new world's best time in the class in winning her semifinal in phenomenal fashion in ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»

Dubai's Drake & Scull sets price guidance on perpetual dollar sukuk

Dubai's Drake & Scull International (DSI) has set initial price guidance for its senior perpetual US dollar sukuk at around 9 percent, a document from lead ... «Emirates 24/7, Jun 15»

Drake & Scull wins Dh350m Omani contracts, shares gain

Drake & Scull International (DSI) on Monday said its Omani subsidiary has won a series of contracts worth Dh350 million, helping the company's shares to close ... «Emirates 24/7, Jun 15»

Saudi setbacks drag on Drake & Scull profit

Drake & Scull International (DSI) posted a 38 per cent fall in net profit in the first quarter of this year as it suffered operational setbacks in Saudi Arabia amid ... «The National, May 15»

Drake & Scull wins Dh290m Downtown Dubai engineering contract

Dubai's Drake and Scull has won a Dh290 million contract to provide mechanical, electrical and plumbing works for a mixed-use property development in ... «The National, May 15»