Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to husk
Participle: husked
Gerund: husking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | husk |
| you | husk |
| he;she;it | husks |
| we | husk |
| you | husk |
| they | husk |
Perfect
| I | have husked |
| you | have husked |
| he;she;it | has husked |
| we | have husked |
| you | have husked |
| they | have husked |
Past
| I | husked |
| you | husked |
| he;she;it | husked |
| we | husked |
| you | husked |
| they | husked |
Pluperfect
| I | had husked |
| you | had husked |
| he;she;it | had husked |
| we | had husked |
| you | had husked |
| they | had husked |
Future
| I | will husk |
| you | will husk |
| he;she;it | will husk |
| we | will husk |
| you | will husk |
| they | will husk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have husked |
| you | will have husked |
| he;she;it | will have husked |
| we | will have husked |
| you | will have husked |
| they | will have husked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | husk |
| you | husk |
| he;she;it | husk |
| we | husk |
| you | husk |
| they | husk |
Perfect
| I | have husked |
| you | have husked |
| he;she;it | have husked |
| we | have husked |
| you | have husked |
| they | have husked |
Imperfect
| I | husked |
| you | husked |
| he;she;it | husked |
| we | husked |
| you | husked |
| they | husked |
Pluperfect
| I | had husked |
| you | had husked |
| he;she;it | had husked |
| we | had husked |
| you | had husked |
| they | had husked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would husk |
| you | would husk |
| he;she;it | would husk |
| we | would husk |
| you | would husk |
| they | would husk |
Perfect
| I | would have husked |
| you | would have husked |
| he;she;it | would have husked |
| we | would have husked |
| you | would have husked |
| they | would have husked |
Imperative
| you | husk |
| we | Let's husk |
| you | husk |
Verbs conjugated like 'husk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'husk'
busk,
dusk,
huck,
hulk,
hush,
lusk,
musk,
tusk,
ask,
bask,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock.
2. Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”. See: German, old spelling '
Häuschen'.
Sample Sentences
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Back on the veranda he said to Lace gravely, "I do believe that poor child's in the family way." Lace, tracing the pattern of the matting with his boot, husked, and murmured, "Yes — I think so. [1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 181:]
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The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked, "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. [2006, Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon, Del Rey Books, page 5:]