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Webster 1913 Edition

Hull

Hull

,
Noun.
[OE.
hul
,
hol
, shell, husk, AS.
hulu
; akin to G.
hülle
covering, husk, case,
hüllen
to cover, Goth.
huljan
to cover, AS.
helan
to hele, conceal. √17. See
Hele
,
Verb.
T.
,
Hell
.]
1.
The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
2.
[In this sense perh. influenced by D.
hol
hold of a ship, E.
hold
.]
(Naut.)
The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
Deep in their
hulls
our deadly bullets light.
Dryden.
Hull down
,
said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.

Hull

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hulled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hulling
.]
1.
To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument;
as, to
hull
corn
.
2.
To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.

Hull

,
Verb.
I.
To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails.
[Obs.]
Shak. Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hull

HULL

, n.
1.
The outer covering of any thing, particularly of a nut or of grain. Johnson says, the hull of a nut covers the shell.
2.
The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of her masts, yards and rigging.
To lie a hull, in seamen's language, is to lie as a ship without any sail upon her, and her helm lashed a-lee.
To strike a hull, in a storm, is to take in the sails, and lash the helm on the lee-side of a ship.

HULL

,
Verb.
T.
To strip off or separate the hull or hulls; as, to hull grain.
1.
To pierce the hull of a ship with a cannon-ball.

HULL

,
Verb.
I.
To float or drive on the water without sails.

Definition 2025

Hull

Hull

See also: hull and hüll

English

Proper noun

Hull

  1. A river in East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, which flows into the Humber.
  2. The common name of Kingston upon Hull.
  3. Any of various cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States (see the Wikipedia article).
  4. A surname​.

Translations

hull

hull

See also: Hull and hüll

English

Noun

hull ‎(plural hulls)

  1. The outer covering of a fruit or seed
Synonyms
  • (outer covering of fruit or seed): husk, shell
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

hull ‎(third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)

  1. To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
    She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

hull ‎(plural hulls)

  1. The body or frame of a vessel such as a ship or plane
    • John Dryden
      Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light.
  2. (mathematics) The smallest set, geometric shape, or algebraic entity having a particular property (such as convexity) that contains a specified set, shape, or algebraic entity. Thus, for example, the orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
    holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull
Translations

Verb

hull ‎(third-person singular simple present hulls, present participle hulling, simple past and past participle hulled)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive, nautical) To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled
  2. (transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

Estonian

Adjective

hull ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. crazy, mad

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • hullik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhulː]

Verb

hull

  1. (intransitive) to fall
    Hull a hó.‎ ― It's snowing. (Literally: The snow is falling.)
    térdre hull‎ ― to fall on one's knees
  2. (of tears) to flow
  3. (of hair) to fall out
  4. (intransitive) to die
    Hullanak, mint a legyek.‎ ― They are dying off like flies.

Conjugation

or

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elhull
  • kihull
  • lehull

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hól

Alternative forms

Noun

hull n ‎(definite singular hullet, indefinite plural hull or huller, definite plural hulla or hullene)

  1. a hole
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

hull

  1. imperative of hulle

See also

References

Etymology

Middle English hul ‎(“seed covering”), from Old English hulu ‎(“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hulus (compare German Hülle, Hülse ‎(“cover, veil”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kal- ‎(“hard”) (compare Old Irish calad, calath ‎(“hard”), Latin callus, callum ‎(“rough skin”), Old Church Slavonic калити ‎(kaliti, “to cool, harden”)). For the sense development, compare French coque ‎(“nutshell; ship's hull”), Ancient Greek φάσηλος ‎(phásēlos, “bean pod; yacht”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʌl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌl

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