hylky — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cull verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
- derelict adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
- dereliction noun A failure to do what duty requires; neglect of responsibility.
- discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
- reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
- shipwreck noun A ship that has sunk or been wrecked, or its remains.
- washout noun Damage or a channel caused when a rush of water erodes soil, a road, or a railway line.
- wreck noun The remains of a vehicle, ship, or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged.
Senses
hylky is used for these senses in English:
- cull (farming, agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- cull A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- derelict (uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.
- dereliction The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
- discard A discarded playing card in a card game.
- reject Something that is rejected.
- shipwreck A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
- washout (Britain, air force, _, slang) A destroyed aeroplane.
cull — full definition
- verb To select or pick something out from a larger group.
- verb To reduce the number of animals in a population by killing some of them in a controlled way.
- noun The organized killing of selected animals to control numbers.
derelict — full definition
- adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
- noun Property, or occasionally a person, abandoned and left with nobody to care for it.