Hulk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A heavy, unwieldy ship.
  • n. Nautical The hull of an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship.
  • n. Nautical An old or unseaworthy ship used as a prison or warehouse. Often used in the plural.
  • n. One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy.
  • n. A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle.
  • verb-intransitive. To appear as a massive or towering form; loom: The big truck hulked out of the fog.
  • verb-intransitive. To move clumsily.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
  • n. any large ship that is difficult to maneuver
  • n. A big, (and possibly clumsy) person
  • n. : An excessively muscled person
  • v. To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.
  • n. A heavy ship of clumsy build.
  • n. Anything bulky or unwieldly.
  • v. To take out the entrails of; to disembowel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A ship, particularly a heavy ship.
  • n. Anything bulky or unwieldy; a large unwieldy person.
  • n. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; particularly, the body of an old ship or vessel which is laid up as unfit for sea-service, or a dismasted wreck.
  • n. A hull or husk.
  • n. A hut.
  • n. A pigsty or a cattle-pen.
  • n. The holly.
  • To take out the entrails of: as, to hulk a hare.
  • In mining, to take down or remove, as the softer part of a lode, before removing the harder part. See gouge, n., 5.
  • n. In mining: The removal of the gouge or soft part from the side of the lode before breaking any part of the hard metalliferous portion of it down.
  • n. The excavation made by this operation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
  • v. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
  • n. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
  • Verb Form
    hulked    hulking    hulks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ship    rise    rear    lift    large person   
    Cross Reference
    the hulks   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disembowel    vessel    body   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bulk    skulk    sulk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wreck    carcass    wreckage    bulk    hull    silhouette    stump    lump    skeleton    barge