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SHUCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Synonyms:

chaff; husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shuck" is a kind of...):

plant material; plant substance (material derived from plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shuck"):

bran (broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting)

Derivation:

shuck (remove the shucks from)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the shucks from

Example:

shuck corn

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shuck" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

shuck (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove from the shell

Example:

shuck oysters

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shuck" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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