SHUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shuck mean? 

• SHUCK (noun)
  The noun SHUCK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHUCK used as a noun is very rare.

• SHUCK (verb)
  The verb SHUCK has 2 senses:

1. remove from the shell

2. remove the shucks from

  Familiarity information: SHUCK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHUCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

chaff; husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble

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)

• SHUCK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they shuck    ... he / she / it shucks   
Past simple: shucked   
Past participle: shucked   
-ing form: shucking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove from the shell

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

shuck oysters

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove the shucks from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

shuck corn

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)