Shuck

/ʃʌk/

Synonyms for "shuck" (36 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(3 words)
huskcast offchaff

Strong matches (10)

Noun(3 words)
discardhuskingouter covering
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (18)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
agricultural processouter_layer_removalplant materialplant partplant substancepullremoveseed coveringseed processingtaketake awaytake offwithdraw

More specific

10 entries
corn shuckhand huskingmachine huskingseed coatshuck clamsshuck cornshuck off burdensshuck off coatshuck off disguiseshuck oysters

Collocations

12 entries
corn shuckcorn shuckshusk removalseed huskshuck clamsshuck cornshuck off burdensshuck off coatshuck off disguiseshuck oystersshuck wasteshucking process

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

20 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • вадя от черупката verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • обелвам verb (to remove)

Catalan

2 entries
  • desgranar verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • esgranar verb (to extract shellfish from shells)

Czech

4 entries
  • loupat verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • rozlousknout verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • shodit ze sebe verb (to remove)
  • sundat verb (to remove)

French

3 entries
  • décortiquer verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • écailler verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • écosser verb (to extract shellfish from shells)

Galician

2 entries
  • escochar verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • esconchar verb (to extract shellfish from shells)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōwhā verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • pāoraora verb (to extract shellfish from shells)
  • tiora verb (to extract shellfish from shells)

Russian

1 entries
  • очищать verb (to extract shellfish from shells)

Spanish

1 entries
  • descascar verb (to extract shellfish from shells)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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Let's shuck corn.

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Let me shuck the oysters.

Source: tatoeba (3339974)

The fish market will shuck the oysters for you.

Source: tatoeba (7347597)

Tom's mother asked him to shuck the corn.

Source: tatoeba (9840093)

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