Meaning

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside..

Definitions by Sense

1. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
2. (figuratively) Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.
3. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
4. (transitive) To remove husks from.
5. An infection in cattle caused by a species of Dictyocaulus or lungworm
6. (intransitive) To cough, clear one's throat.
7. (transitive) To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

Example Sentences

A coconut has a very thick husk.

His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.

Unlike dogs, cats have retractable claws which do not wear down when walking. Instead, cats pull the old husk of nail from their claws by raking them down some convenient piece of wood, to expose a new sharp claw underneath.

The symptoms of Husk are a constant cough, rapid loss of flesh, difficulty in breathing and, in the later stages, loss of appetite and diarrhœa.

Back on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so.

The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched.

Word Forms

• husks
• husking
• husked

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When Should You Use Husk?

Use husk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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