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HUSKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The removal of covering
Synonyms:
baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("husking" is a kind of...):
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "husking"):
deforestation; disforestation (the removal of trees)
cornhusking (the act of removing the husks from ears of corn)
Derivation:
husk (remove the husks from)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb husk
