hull
The outer covering of a fruit or seedThe outer covering of a fruit or seed.
» There's no sign of damage to the hull.
Meaning
4 sensesThe outer covering of a fruit or seed.
Hülse, Schale, Schote
шелуха́šeluxá, скорлупа́skorlupá, лузга́luzgá
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
Any covering.
The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
Rumpf
ко́рпусkórpus, фюзеля́жfjuzeljáž, ку́зовkúzov
ко́рпусkórpus
the frame or body of ship
The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
The orthogonal convex hull of an orthogonal polygon is the smallest orthogonally convex polygon that encloses the original polygon.
holomorphically convex hull; affine hull; injective hull
Examples
18 sentencesThere's no sign of damage to the hull.
They scraped barnacles off the hull of the ship.
ruОни счистили ракушки с корпуса судна.
deSie kratzten die Rankenfüßer vom Schiffsrumpf.
Tom scraped the barnacles off the hull of the ship.
deTom kratzte die Seepocken vom Schiffsrumpf.
The hull of the ship collapsed.
The ship hull is divided into watertight compartments.
ruКорпус корабля разделён на водонепроницаемые отсеки.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old EnglishFrom Middle English hul, hulle, holle (“seed covering, hull of a ship”), from Old English hulu (“seed covering”), from Proto-Germanic *hul-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”); or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”).
From Middle English holle, hoole (“hull, hold of a ship, ship”), of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant and special use of Etymology 1 above, conformed to hull. Alternatively, a variant of Middle English hole, hoole, holle (“hiding place, lair, den, shelter, compartment”, literally “hole, hollow”), related to Middle Dutch and Dutch hol (“hole, ship's cargo hold”). More at hole.
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Forms
plural: hullsSynonyms
11 synonyms- United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955):Cordell Hull
- United States naval officer who commanded the ‘Constitution’ during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843):Isaac Hull
- a large fishing port in northeastern England:Kingston upon HullKingston-upon Hull