deck

Speech parts

1. deck - Noun

2. deck - Verb

Meaning

To cover; to overspread.

To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

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.

The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

The roof of a passenger car.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A heap or store.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

floor decorate adorn embellish knock down bedeck deck of cards grace terrace level festoon cover trim dump balcony
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Antonyms

garrison chemise cover atmosphere destroy tape
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Hypernyms

grace platform beat packet pack decorate

Hyponyms

plume ornament dime foredeck quarterdeck orlop

Phrases with the word

stack the deck on deck not playing with a full deck on the deck deck shuffleboard shuffle the chairs on the deck of the Titanic

Derivatives

decked decking

Examples

Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck. S. J. Perelman

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything. David Ortiz

My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave Such end true lovers have. William Blake

If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck. John D. MacDonald

Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody. Marcus Aurelius

The man in mast, the hasty on deck. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

decivilise decivilization decivilize deck amidships deck amidst deck bed