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- [huhld]
- /hʌld/
- /hʌl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhld]
- /hʌld/
Definitions of hulled word
- adjective hulled retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat. 1
- adjective hulled naturally having a hull: hulled sesame seeds. 1
- adjective hulled having the hull removed: hulled strawberries. 1
- noun hulled the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship. 1
- noun hulled Aeronautics. the boatlike fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands or takes off. the cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gasbag of a rigid dirigible. 1
- verb with object hulled to pierce (the hull of a ship), especially below the water line. 1
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Origin of hulled
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80 hull1 + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hulled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hulled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
hulled usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hulled
noun, verb hulled
- capsule — A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow.
- husk — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
verb hulled
- trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- shave — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
noun hulled
- bodied — of or relating to the body; bodily.
- keeled — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- framed — (of a picture or similar) held in a frame.
- barked — the external covering of the woody stems, branches, and roots of plants, as distinct and separable from the wood itself.
Antonyms for hulled
verb hulled
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- clothe — To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear.
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- fix — to repair; mend.
Top questions with hulled
- how to cook hulled barley?
- what is hulled?
- what does hulled mean?
- what are hulled hemp seeds?
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