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1. (n.) hulk
the body of an old or dismantled ship.
2. hulk
a ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service.
3. hulk
an unwieldy ship or boat.
4. hulk
a bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass.
5. hulk
the shell of something wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned.
6. (v.i.) hulk
to appear as a large, massive bulk; loom (often fol. by up).
7. hulk
Dial.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; OE hulc; perh. < ML hulcus < Gk holkás trading vessel, orig., towed ship)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale
a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
2. (verb) hulk
a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
3. (verb) loom, tower, predominate, hulk
appear very large or occupy a commanding position
"The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hulk
the body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service
2. (noun) hulk
a heavy ship of clumsy build
3. (noun) hulk
anything bulky or unwieldly
4. (verb) hulk
to take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare
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Sense: the body of an old ship from which everything has been taken away.
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 Afrikaans: skeepsromp |
 Arabic: هَيْكَل سَفينَه مَهْجورَه |
 Bulgarian: стар негоден кораб |
 Brazilian: casco |
 Czech: vyřazená loď |
 German: der Schiffsrumpf |
 Danish: skrog; vrag |
 Greek: κουφάρι πλοίου |
 Spanish: casco |
 Estonian: laevakere |
 Farsi: لاشه كشتی |
 Finnish: hylky |
 French: carcasse |
 Hebrew: גוּף סְפִינָה יְשָנָה |
 Hindi: टूटा हुआ पुराना जहाज |
 Croatian: trup broda |
 Hungarian: csupasz hajótest |
 Indonesian: rongsokan kapal |
 Icelandic: aflóga skipsskrokkur |
 Italian: carcassa |
 Japanese: 廃船 |
 Korean: (옛날의) 감옥선 |
 Lithuanian: laivo griaučiai |
 Latvian: veca/nederīga kuģa korpus |
 Malay: bangkai kapal |
 Dutch: romp |
 Norwegian: skipsskrog |
 Polish: kadłub wraku |
 Persian: لاشه كشتی |
 Pashto: زړه بیړی |
 Portuguese: casco |
 Romanian: carcasă (de vas) |
 Russian: блокшив |
 Slovak: vyradená loď |
 Slovenian: opuščen ladijski trup |
 Serbian: rashodovan brod |
 Swedish: holk, hulk |
 Thai: ลำเรือเก่าที่ไม่มีของแล้ว |
 Turkish: hurda gemi |
 Taiwanese: 廢船 |
 Ukrainian: корпус старого корабля, н |
 Urdu: پرانے جہاز کا ڈھانچا |
 Vietnamese: thân một con tàu cũ |
 Chinese: 废船 |
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