# hulled

Pronunciation: say "HULD" /hʌld/

## Adjective

1. Having had the hulls removed.
   - Simple: With the outer covering taken off.
   - _Hulled barley keeps more of its bran than the pearled kind and takes longer to cook._
   - _The recipe calls for hulled pumpkin seeds, toasted until golden._
3. Having a hull of a particular kind or color, named by the word joined in front of it.
   - Simple: Having a certain kind or color of hull. It is joined to another word, as in white-hulled.
   - _Red-hulled fishing trawlers lined the quay, their nets drying in the sun._
   - _Wooden-hulled sailboats need far more upkeep than fiberglass ones._
4. Of a boat or other craft, having a hull.
   - Simple: Having a hull, the main body of a boat.
   - _The islanders gave up their bamboo rafts for hulled canoes that could cross open water._
   - _Flying boats are hulled aircraft that take off and land directly on the water._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of hull. — simple past and past participle of hull
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of hull. Use it for something that happened before, or after "has" or "was".
   - _Workers hulled the oats by hand until the mill bought its first machine._
   - _The frigate was hulled twice by enemy shot but stayed afloat._

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