Found 3 items, similar to hulk.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: hulk
badan kapal
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hulk
hulk
n 1: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn:
giant,
heavyweight,
whale]
2: a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
v : appear very large or occupy a commanding position;
“The huge
sculpture predominates over the fountain”;
“Large shadows
loomed on the canyon wall” [syn:
loom,
tower,
predominate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hulk
Hulk
\Hulk\, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift
ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho;
perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed,
fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. Cf.
Wolf,
Holcad.]
1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the
body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.
“Some
well-timbered hulk.” --Spenser.
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2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat.
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3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak.
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Shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or
take out the masts of a ship.
The hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as
prisons. [Eng.] --Dickens.
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Hulk
\Hulk\, v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw.
h[*a]lka.]
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a
hare. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.