Associations to the word «Barnacled»
Wiktionary
BARNACLED, adjective. Crusted with barnacles.
BARNACLED, adjective. (by analogy) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
BARNACLED, adjective. Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
BARNACLED, adjective. Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
BARNACLED, adjective. (figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
BARNACLED, adjective. (figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
BARNACLED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of barnacle
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