DECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deck mean? 

• DECK (noun)
  The noun DECK has 4 senses:

1. any of various platforms built into a vessel

2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs

3. a pack of 52 playing cards

4. a porch that resembles the deck on a ship

  Familiarity information: DECK used as a noun is uncommon.

• DECK (verb)
  The verb DECK has 3 senses:

1. be beautiful to look at

2. decorate

3. knock down with force

  Familiarity information: DECK used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECK (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 pack of 52 playing cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

deck; deck of cards; pack of cards

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)

Sense 4

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)

• DECK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deck    ... he / she / it decks   
Past simple: decked   
Past participle: decked   
-ing form: decking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be beautiful to look at

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

adorn; beautify; deck; decorate; embellish; grace

Context example:

Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Decorate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bedeck; bedight; deck

Context example:

deck the halls with holly

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:

Knock down with force

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

coldcock; deck; dump; floor; knock down

Context example:

He decked his opponent

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

beat (hit repeatedly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to deck his opponent

 Context examples 

From the deck they remarked a strange object on the shore.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

All hands were on deck now, and all eyes were aloft, where a human life was at grapples with death.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had unlocked the door that led to the deck, and we were through it in a rush.

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

Alleyne, wretchedly ill and weak, with his head still ringing from the blow which he had received, crawled up upon deck.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I got down into the canoe, while the Dutchman, standing upon the deck, loaded me with all the curses and injurious terms his language could afford.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He stayed late on deck, after dinner, but that did not help him, for when he went below, he could not sleep.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Smiles decked the face of Mrs. Bennet as the carriage drove up to the door; her husband looked impenetrably grave; her daughters, alarmed, anxious, uneasy.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The front seat of a car, forward cars of a train, upper deck on a boat or wing seats in a plane may give you a smoother ride.

(Motion Sickness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

In the morning, however, as soon as it was light, I went upon deck and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to someone in the sea.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I was on the lee side of the forecastle, and the mainsail, which was still drawing, concealed from me a certain portion of the after-deck.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)