Deck
[dek] or [dɛk]
Definition
(noun.) any of various platforms built into a vessel.
(noun.) street name for a packet of illegal drugs.
(noun.) a porch that resembles the deck on a ship.
(verb.) knock down with force; 'He decked his opponent'.
(verb.) decorate; 'deck the halls with holly'.
(verb.) be beautiful to look at; 'Flowers adorned the tables everywhere'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To cover; to overspread.
(v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
(v. t.) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
(v.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
(v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
(v.) The roof of a passenger car.
(v.) A pack or set of playing cards.
(v.) A heap or store.
Checker: Yale
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Adorn, embellish, decorate, ornament, array, beautify.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ADORN]
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Definition
v.t. to cover: to clothe: to adorn: to furnish with a deck as a vessel.—n. a covering: a horizontal platform extending from one side of a vessel to the other thereby joining them together and forming both a floor and a covering: the part of a pack of cards that remains after the deal or the part of a pack necessary for playing such games as bezique &c.—ns. Deck′-car′go cargo stowed on the deck of a vessel; Deck′-chair a light chair of spars and canvas to be used on board ship; Deck′er the person or thing that decks: a vessel which has a deck or decks used only in composition as a three-decker a ship with three decks; Deck′-hand a person employed on deck; Deck′-house a house or box on deck; Deck′ing adornment; Deck′-load a deck-cargo; Deck′-pass′age a passage securing only the right of being on deck without cabin accommodation; Deck′-pass′enger; Flush′-deck a deck continuous from stem to stern at the same level (see Quarter-deck); Gun′-deck a deck on which guns are carried; Hur′ricane-deck a light partial deck over the saloon of some steamers; Main′-deck the deck below the spar-deck; Spar′-deck the upper deck of a ship.
Checker: Mandy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being on a ship and that a storm is raging, great disasters and unfortunate alliances will overtake you; but if the sea is calm and the light distinct, your way is clear to success. For lovers, this dream augurs happiness. See Boat.
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Examples
- A great party of us were on deck smoking and making a noise, and waiting to see famous Scylla and Charybdis. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My father slept in the cabin; and I lay on the deck, looking at the stars, and listening to the dashing of the waves. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- High on the upper deck, in a little nook among the everywhere predominant cotton-bales, at last we may find him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We others stepped to the deck of the craft that had been sent to fetch us, and a moment later were upon the Xavarian. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- With one mighty downward surge I swept him clear of the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There were some twenty men running hither and thither about the deck, pulling and hauling on ropes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The woman walked forward among the boxes and bales of the lower deck, and, sitting down, busied herself with chirruping to her baby. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We must look some time among its crowded decks before we shall find again our humble friend Tom. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He and Dobbin stumbled over their pails in the passages as they were scouring the decks of the Royal George. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We selected a stateroom forward of the wheel, on the starboard side, below decks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The sheeted sprays drenched the decks like rain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her decks were crowded with them as they pressed forward as far as discipline would permit to get a glimpse of their captives. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Down went the Zodangans before that surging tide of war, and as my men cleared the lower decks I sprang to the forward deck where stood Zat Arras. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was like home to us to step on board the comfortable ship again and smoke and lounge about her breezy decks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The stern of the boat is decked over and the gondolier stands there. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The seasons have made their wonted round, and decked this eternal city in a changeful robe of surpassing beauty. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This duty is extended to the sale of all ships and vessels of more than two tons burden, whether decked or undecked. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This was a steamer with two parallel hulls, decked across, and designed for greater steadiness in crossing the English Channel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A series of Italian views decked the walls. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By the time we have decked the house with this and hung up the mistletoe, we must think of starting to meet him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was May before they arrived: the season had decked the forest trees with leaves, and its paths with a thousand flowers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I _do_ hope he will not think I have been decking myself out to draw attention, was my uneasy aspiration. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her only pleasure now in decking herself out was in thinking that her mother would take delight in seeing her dressed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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