Definitions for hulled
hulled
hulled
Spelling: [huhld]
IPA: /hʌld/
Hulled is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 57 anagrams from letters in hulled (dehllu).
Definitions for hulled
noun
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the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.
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the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry.
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any covering or envelope.
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the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
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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.
Idioms
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hull down, (of a ship) sufficiently far away, or below the horizon, that the hull is invisible.
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hull up, (of a ship) sufficiently near, or above the horizon, that the hull is visible.
adjective
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retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull:
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naturally having a hull:
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having the hull removed:
verb (used with object)
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to remove the hull of.
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Midland U.S. to shell (peas or beans).
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to pierce (the hull of a ship), especially below the water line.
verb (used without object)
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to drift without power or sails.
Origin of hulled
1570-80 hull1 + -ed2
Examples for hulled
After they have been gathered, the berries are first washed and then hulled by machinery.
Near Shabluka she was attacked by a dervish fort and hulled.
The shot told on the British spars smartly, though only two hulled her.
After the season of hulled corn, came the reign of baked beans.
Top with any of the following · Mixed berry—8 ounces each, hulled strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
The brig had been hulled once, and two shots had passed through her sails.
The Frolic had been hulled repeatedly, but aloft had only lost her gaff and head-braces.
The other vessels then got the range, and hulled the Black Pearl with nearly every shot.
We had hulled them over and over again and spotted their sails with shot.
The ship was hulled, and a trifling explosion followed on board.