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Wharf meaning in English

Meaning of Wharf in English

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Wharf

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Noun

1. dock, pier, wharf, wharfage

a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

Verb

2. wharf

provide with a wharf

Example Sentences:
'Wharf the mouth of the river'

3. wharf

store on a wharf

Example Sentences:
'Wharf the merchandise'

4. wharf

discharge at a wharf

Example Sentences:
'wharf the passengers'

5. berth, moor, wharf

come into or dock at a wharf

Example Sentences:
'the big ship wharfed in the evening'

6. wharf

moor at a wharf

Example Sentences:
'The ship was wharfed'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wharf

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nounWord forms: plural wharves (wɔːvz ) or wharfs
1. 
a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
2.  the wharves
3.  an obsolete word for shore1
verb (transitive)
4. 
to moor or dock at a wharf
5. 
to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves
6. 
to store or unload on a wharf

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Wharf

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nounWord forms: plural wharves or wharfs
1. 
a structure of wood or stone, sometimes roofed over, built at the shore of a harbor, river, etc. for ships to lie alongside, as during loading or unloading; pier; dock
2.  Obsolete
a bank at the water's edge; shore
verb transitive
3. 
to bring to a wharf; moor at a wharf
4. 
to unload or store on a wharf
5. 
to furnish with a wharf or wharves

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Wharf

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n. pl. wharves (wôrvz, hwôrvz) or wharfs
1. A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.
2. Obsolete A shore or riverbank.
v. wharfed, wharf·ing, wharfs
v.tr.
1. To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.
2. To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.
3. To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.
v.intr.
To berth at a wharf.

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