husk
noun
the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
have husked
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present perfectof husk.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After the rousing chorus of Anything Goes, she slipped into a slow and smoky Fine and Dandy with a voice which she seemed to have husked up from somewhere in the floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was claiming to have husked two cobs to his one, when the dogs started barking savagely.
From On Our Selection by Steele Rudd
