| slovo | definícia |
husk
(encz) | husk,lusk n: Zdeněk Brož |
husk
(encz) | husk,pleva n: Zdeněk Brož |
husk
(encz) | husk,slupka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Husk
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Husking.]
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to
husk Indian corn.
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Husk
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\ (h[u^]sk), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same
root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or
seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
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2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob
tree. See Carob.
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husk
(wn) | husk
n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw,
stubble]
2: outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
v 1: remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell] |
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huska
(msasasci) | huska
- roll, round roll |
cornhusk
(encz) | cornhusk, n: |
cornhusker
(encz) | cornhusker, n: |
cornhusking
(encz) | cornhusking, n: |
husk tomato
(encz) | husk tomato, n: |
husker
(encz) | husker, |
huskier
(encz) | huskier,chraplavější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
huskies
(encz) | huskies, |
huskily
(encz) | huskily,chraplavě adv: Zdeněk Brožhuskily,chraptivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
huskiness
(encz) | huskiness, |
husking
(encz) | husking,vylupování n: Zdeněk Brož |
husking bee
(encz) | husking bee, n: |
husky
(encz) | husky,chraplavý adj: Zdeněk Brožhusky,severské plemeno psa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cornhusker
(gcide) | Cornhusker \Cornhusker\ n.
a resident of Nebraska; -- a nickname.
Syn: Nebraskan.
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Dehusk
(gcide) | Dehusk \De*husk"\, v. t.
To remove the husk from. [Obs.] "Wheat dehusked upon the
floor." --Drant.
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Husk
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Husking.]
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to
husk Indian corn.
[1913 Webster]Husk \Husk\ (h[u^]sk), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same
root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or
seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
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2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob
tree. See Carob.
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Husked
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Husking.]
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to
husk Indian corn.
[1913 Webster]Husked \Husked\, a.
1. Covered with a husk.
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2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
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Huskily
(gcide) | Huskily \Hus"ki*ly\, adv. [From Husky.]
In a husky manner; dryly.
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Huskiness
(gcide) | Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n.
1. The state of being husky.
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2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness
of voice. --G. Eliot.
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Husking
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Husking.]
To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to
husk Indian corn.
[1913 Webster]Husking \Husk"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian
corn.
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2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking
maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in
the husking." --Longfellow.
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Husks of the prodigal son
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\ (h[u^]sk), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same
root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or
seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
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2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob
tree. See Carob.
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Husky
(gcide) | Husky \Husk"y\, a. [From Husk, n.]
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Husky \Hus"ky\, a. [Prob. for husty; cf. OE. host cough, AS.
hw[=o]sta; akin to D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel.
h[=o]sti. See Wheeze.]
Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
[1913 Webster]Husky \Hus"ky\, a.
Powerful; strong; burly. [Colloq., U. S.]
A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard. --Hamlin
Garland.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Husky \Hus"ky\, n.; pl. -kies. [Cf. Eskimo.]
1. An Eskimo. [archaic]
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2. The Eskimo language. [archaic]
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3. an Eskimo dog, especially a breed of strong heavy-coated
dogs used to pull dogsleds in the Northern regions of
North America.
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khuskhus
(gcide) | Vetiver \Vet"i*ver\, n. (Bot.)
An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its
fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and
screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus. [Sometimes
written vetivert, and vitivert.]
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Unhusked
(gcide) | Unhusked \Un*husked"\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + husked.] Not husked; having the husk on.
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2. [1st pref. un- + husk, n.] Having the husk removed;
without husk. --Bp. Hall.
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cornhusk
(wn) | cornhusk
n 1: the husk of an ear of corn |
cornhusker
(wn) | cornhusker
n 1: a worker who husks corn
2: a native or resident of Nebraska [syn: Nebraskan,
Cornhusker] |
cornhusker state
(wn) | Cornhusker State
n 1: a midwestern state on the Great Plains [syn: Nebraska,
Cornhusker State, NE] |
cornhusking
(wn) | cornhusking
n 1: a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn [syn:
husking bee, cornhusking]
2: the act of removing the husks from ears of corn |
husk tomato
(wn) | husk tomato
n 1: any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of
the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed
in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
[syn: ground cherry, husk tomato]
2: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a
bladderlike husk [syn: tomatillo, husk tomato, {Mexican
husk tomato}] |
huskily
(wn) | huskily
adv 1: in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said
hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily] |
huskiness
(wn) | huskiness
n 1: the property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness,
ruggedness, toughness]
2: a throaty harshness [syn: gruffness, hoarseness,
huskiness] |
husking
(wn) | husking
n 1: the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping,
uncovering, baring, husking] |
husking bee
(wn) | husking bee
n 1: a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn [syn:
husking bee, cornhusking] |
husky
(wn) | husky
adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse
cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"-
Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]
n 1: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog,
husky] |
mexican husk tomato
(wn) | Mexican husk tomato
n 1: annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible
purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn:
tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, {Physalis
ixocarpa}]
2: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a
bladderlike husk [syn: tomatillo, husk tomato, {Mexican
husk tomato}] |
siberian husky
(wn) | Siberian husky
n 1: breed of sled dog developed in northeastern Siberia; they
resemble the larger Alaskan malamutes |
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