Meaning of SHUCK
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- [n] material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- [v] remove the shucks from, as of certain vegetables
- [v] remove from its shell, as of a mollusk; "shuck oysters"
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| | Synonyms: | | chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble |
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| | See Also: | | bran, plant material, remove, take, take away, withdraw | |
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\Shuck\, v. t.
To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay
aside; -- usually with off. [Colloq.]
``Shucking'' his coronet, after he had imbibed several
draughts of fire water. --F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the
notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west
coast colony. --Pall Mall
Mag.
\Shuck\, n.
A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]
\Shuck\, n. [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.]
1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of
such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and
chestnut.
2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
\Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shucking}.]
To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts,
Indian corn, oysters, etc.
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