husk
noun
the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
are husking
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present progressiveof husk.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I suppose you are husking corn these days,” initiated the collegian, perfunctorily.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by J. N. Marchand
