Hulk - English meaning

adjective

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Usage examples:

A derelict georgian mansion

noun

A person without a home, job, or property.

Usage examples:

Derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

adjective

(of buildings or equipment) not cared for and in bad condition

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

noun

An essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object.

Usage examples:

A conservatory in a delicate framework of iron

noun

A structure around or over which something is built

Usage examples:

The steel framework of a bridge, they’re operating within the framework of a military bureaucracy.,…

noun

A system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something

Usage examples:

A framework for sth the future trade agenda can provide an important framework for restoring sustai…

noun

The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.

Usage examples:

The main structural bulkhead supports the hull sides at the chain plates and the cabin top at the m…

verb

Hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.

Usage examples:

The ship was being hulled and all would die

verb

Remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).

Usage examples:

First, rinse and hull the berries

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

The destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, for example in a storm or after striking a rock.

Usage examples:

These islands have a history of shipwrecks and smuggling

verb

(of a person or ship) suffer a shipwreck.

Usage examples:

The english envoy was shipwrecked off the coast of sardinia and nearly drowned

noun

The destruction or sinking of a ship at sea, or a ship destroyed this way

Usage examples:

[ c ] fog in the area caused many shipwrecks., the crew was shipwrecked off the coast of newfoundla…

noun

An internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

The human skeleton

noun

The frame of bones supporting a human or animal body

Usage examples:

We found a deer skeleton.

adjective

Used to describe something in its most basic form

Usage examples:

His solicitor confirmed he had faxed a skeleton argument supporting his client's application for ba…

noun

The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.

Usage examples:

The survivors of the wreck

verb

Destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar).

Usage examples:

The blast wrecked 100 houses

verb

Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation