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barnacled

barnacled adjective: crusted with barnacles. Also the simple past and past participle of barnacle.

Adjective

barnacled (comparative more barnacled, superlative most barnacled)

  1. Crusted with barnacles.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
  3. Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
  4. Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
  5. (figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
  6. (figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.

Also used as

barnacled is also the simple past and past participle of barnacle.

Forms of barnacled

comparativemore barnacled
superlativemost barnacled

Origin of barnacled

From barnacle + -ed.

Words formed from barnacled

Questions about barnacled

What does barnacled mean?
Barnacled means crusted with barnacles.
What part of speech is barnacled?
Barnacled is an adjective.

Words near barnacled in the dictionary

  1. Barnaby Bright
  2. Barnack
  3. barnacle
  4. barnacle geese
  5. barnacle goose
  6. barnacled
  7. barnaclelike
  8. barnacles
  9. barnacling
  10. Barnacre-with-Bonds
  11. barnacular

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