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deck (dek)

noun

  1. any extended horizontal structure in a ship or boat serving as a floor and structural support, and covering, partially or fully, the portion of the vessel that is lower than it is
  2. any platform, floor, shelf, etc. suggestive of a ship's deck; specif.,
    1. an outdoor wooden platform enclosed by a low railing
    2. a platform used for viewing an observation deck
  3. a section of tiered seating at a stadium the upper deck
  4. a set of playing cards; pack
  5. Slang a packet containing a narcotic, as heroin
  6. tape deck

Etymology: prob. aphetic < MLowG verdeck (< ver-, for- + decken, to cover: see thatch), transl. of It coperta, cover

transitive verb

Slang to knock down; floor
deck Idioms

below decks

below the main deck

clear the decks

  1. to remove unnecessary things from the decks of a ship, as for combat
  2. to get ready for action

hit the deck

Slang
  1. to get out of bed; get up
  2. to get ready for action
  3. to throw oneself to the floor, ground, etc., as to avoid injury
  4. to be knocked down

on deck

Informal
  1. ready; on hand
  2. waiting to take one's turn, as at batting in baseball
deck2 definition

deck (dek)

transitive verb

  1. to cover or clothe with finery or ornaments; adorn; trim: often followed by out
  2. to furnish (a ship, etc.) with a deck
  3. Archaic to cover

Etymology: MDu decken, to cover: see thatch

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deck Synonyms

deck

n.

  1. The floor of a ship

    level, flight, story, layer, tier, forecastle, fo'c'sle*, topside; see also floor 1, 2.

    Specific decks of a ship include: upper, lower, main, promenade, hurricane, top, fore, after, poop, poop royal.

  2. Cards sufficient for a game

    pack, set, pinochle deck, playing cards, tarots, the cards, devil's picture book*, book of four kings*; see also card.

on deck*

prepared, available, on hand; see ready 2.


deck

v.

  1. To decorate

    ornament, adorn, trim, garnish; see decorate.

  2. *To knock (someone) down

    beat, strike down, punch, floor; see hit 1.


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deck Usage Examples

Object

  • veranda: Sliding glass doors open out on to a large decked veranda overlooking the gardens and the mountains beyond.

Converse of object

  • shuffle: Effect: A spectator is asked to freely shuffle a deck of cards.

Adjective modifier

  • aft: The aft deck is perfect for al fresco entertaining - day or night.

Modifies a noun

  • umbracom: And invite readers and certainly there per deck umbracom.

Noun used with modifier

  • tarot: Each tarot deck is supplied sealed, shrunk wrapped and have never been opened for display or photos.
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deck quotes

It's naked child against hungry wolf; it's playing bowls upon a splitting wreck; it's walking on a string across a gulf with millstones fore-and-aft about your neck; but the thing is daily done by manyand many a one; and we fall, face forward, fighting, on the deck.

-Davidson,John

The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.

-Hemans, Felicia ne¤  e Browne

I have no intention of rearranging the furniture on the deck of theTitanic.

-Morton, Rogers Clark Ballard

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