hull
part of speech
noun (a hull, hulls); verb (hull, hulls, hulled, hulling)
meaning for a pupil
1) The hull is the main body of a ship or boat, the part that sits in the water. tree →
2) A hull is the outer covering of some seeds, nuts or fruits, like the green leafy top of a strawberry. tree →
3) To hull is to remove the hull, such as taking the green top off strawberries. tree →
4) Hull is also the name of a city in England. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons about floating, a boat's hull pushes water aside and its shape helps it float. In cooking, you hull strawberries before eating. In stories about ships, a hole in the hull lets water in. Phrases: the hull of a ship, a wooden hull, hull the strawberries.
examples
- The hull of the ship was painted red below the waterline. tree →
- Water poured through a hole in the hull. tree →
- Help me hull the strawberries for the fruit salad. tree →
- Rice grains have a hard hull that is removed before cooking. tree →
- We built boats with different hull shapes and tested which held most coins. tree →
- Barnacles grew on the old boat's hull. tree →
note
Countable noun: hulls. Regular verb: hulled, hulling. As a city name it has a capital H: Hull. Do not confuse with «hole» or «hill».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hull» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.