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DECK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various platforms built into a vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deck" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deck"):

afterdeck (a deck abaft of midships)

flight deck; landing deck (the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway)

foredeck (the deck between the bridge and the forecastle)

gun deck (formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end)

awning deck; hurricane deck; hurricane roof; promenade deck (a deck at the top of a passenger ship)

lido deck (an open deck including a swimming pool)

lower deck; third deck (the deck below the main deck)

main deck; second deck (the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel)

fourth deck; orlop; orlop deck (the fourth or lowest deck)

quarterdeck (the stern area of a ship's upper deck)

upper deck (a higher deck)

Holonyms ("deck" is a part of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Street name for a packet of illegal drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deck" is a kind of...):

packet (a small package or bundle)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deck"):

dime; dime bag (street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A porch that resembles the deck on a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deck" is a kind of...):

porch (a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deck"):

sun deck (an unroofed deck)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A pack of 52 playing cards

Synonyms:

deck; deck of cards; pack of cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("deck" is a kind of...):

pack (a complete collection of similar things)

Meronyms (members of "deck"):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

queen (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen)

suit (playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Knock down with force

Example:

He decked his opponent

Synonyms:

coldcock; deck; dump; floor; knock down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "deck" is one way to...):

beat (hit repeatedly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to deck his opponent

Sense 2

Meaning:

Decorate

Example:

deck the halls with holly

Synonyms:

bedeck; bedight; deck

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "deck" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deck"):

plume (deck with a plume)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They deck the halls with holly

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be beautiful to look at

Example:

Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Synonyms:

adorn; beautify; deck; decorate; embellish; grace

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "deck" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deck"):

ornament (be an ornament to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Holly flowers deck the halls

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 Context examples: 

As to his character, he was reliable on duty, but a wild, desperate fellow off the deck of his ship—hot-headed, excitable, but loyal, honest, and kind-hearted.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I sent a line from Halifax, when I felt pretty miserable, but after that I got on delightfully, seldom ill, on deck all day, with plenty of pleasant people to amuse me.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But the thin man did not be offend, and went down with the mate and saw where it was place, and came up and stood awhile on deck in fog.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

François leashed them and brought them on deck.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Ducking, turning, doubling, he slid about the deck, eluding the other's efforts to capture him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

For every two-decked ship that carries the white ensign there is a grove the less in England.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On deck, I took leave of poor Mrs. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

So he turned upon his heel, and a minute later from the deck I could see his short, squat figure bobbing about in the distance as he made his way back to his train.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then they were all placed on sixty country carts, and driven home to the king, and for once he was able to deck his table with game, after having had none at all for years.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The detection of hydrogen sulfide high in Uranus' cloud deck (and presumably Neptune's) is a striking difference from the gas giant planets located closer to the Sun — Jupiter and Saturn — where ammonia is observed above the clouds, but no hydrogen sulfide.

(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)