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Synonyms of the word 
HULK → GIANT - HEAVYWEIGHT - LIFT - LOOM - PREDOMINATE - REAR - RISE - SHIP - TOWER - WHALEhulk- n. a non-functional, but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other…
- n. (archaic) any large ship that is difficult to maneuver.
- n. A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
- n. (bodybuilding): An excessively muscled person.
- v. To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
giant- n. A mythical human of very great size.
- n. (mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- n. A very tall person.
- n. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- n. (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature…
- n. (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- n. A very large organisation.
- n. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
- adj. Very large.
heavyweight- n. A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
- n. (uncountable) The professional boxing weight division for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer…
- n. (uncountable) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
- adj. Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
- adj. Being relatively heavy.
- adj. Being a leader in one's field.
- adj. Important or impressive.
lift- n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
- v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
- v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
- v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
- v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
- v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- n. An act of lifting or raising.
- n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
- n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
- n. (historical slang) A thief.
- n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- n. an improvement in mood.
- n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
- n. A lift gate.
- n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
- n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
loom- n. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
- n. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for…
- n. The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
- n. (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes).
- v. to impend; to threaten or hang over.
- v. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
predominate- v. (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
- v. (intransitive) To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
- v. (transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
- adj. Predominant.
rear- v. (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. ("Raise" is more…
- v. (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. (Less common than "raise" in American…
- v. (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
- v. (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
- v. (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
- v. (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- v. (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up.
- v. (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To lift and take up.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To rouse; to strip up.
- v. (transitive) To move; stir.
- v. (transitive, of geese) To carve.
- v. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
- adj. (now chiefly dialectal) (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
- adj. (chiefly US) (of meats) Rare.
- adj. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost.
- adv. (Britain, dialect) early; soon.
- n. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
- n. (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- n. (anatomy) The buttocks, a creature's bottom.
- v. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain) To sodomize (perform anal sex).
rise- v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
- v. To begin; to develop.
- v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
- v. To come; to offer itself.
- v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
- n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
- n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
- n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
- n. (informal) An angry reaction.
- n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
ship- n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an…
- n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
- n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- v. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
- v. (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
- v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
- v. (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
- v. (transitive) To pass (from one person to another).
- v. (poker slang, transitive, intransitive) To go all in.
- v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
- v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
- n. (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
- v. (fandom slang) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either…
tower- n. A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite,…
- n. A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires,…
- n. A water tower.
- n. A control tower.
- n. Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
- n. (figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
- n. (informal) An interlocking tower.
- n. (figuratively) A strong refuge; a defence.
- n. (historical) A tall fashionable headdress.
- n. (obsolete) High flight; elevation.
- n. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, deemed an ill omen.
- v. (intransitive) To be very tall.
- v. (intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To soar into.
- n. One who tows.
whale- n. Any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea.
- n. (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.
- n. (figuratively) Something, or someone, that is excellent.
- n. (gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
- n. (by extension) A video game player who spends large amounts of money on premium content.
- v. (intransitive) To hunt for whales.
- v. (transitive) To flog, to beat.
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