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hulls

/hʌlz/
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noun

  • The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
  • Any covering.
Synonyms:huskpeelshell

verb

  • To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.

    "She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts."

noun

  • The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
  • (of a set A) 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."

verb

  • To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
  • To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
Synonyms:span

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