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deck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjan?. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.
Noun
deck (plural decks)
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (nautical) 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.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Synonym: library
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text.
- 2005, Richard Keeble, Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction (page 114)
- If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words.
- 2005, Richard Keeble, Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction (page 114)
- A set of slides for a presentation.
- 2011, David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business
- Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.
- 2011, David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business
- (obsolete) A heap or store.
- 1655, Philip Massinger, The Guardian, Act III, scene iii:
- A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck
- 1655, Philip Massinger, The Guardian, Act III, scene iii:
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- 2007, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of New Jersey (volume 188)
- Defendant placed the decks in his pocket and, after driving out of the city, gave one to Shore. While still in the car, Shore snorted half of the deck. When they returned to defendant's home, defendant handed Shore a second deck of heroin.
- 2007, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of New Jersey (volume 188)
- (slang) The floor.
- We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.
- (theater) The stage.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?
- (card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”), from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjan? (“to roof; cover”).
Verb
deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)
- (transitive, sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3 Act III, Scene ii:
- And deck my body in gay ornaments, / And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
- 1919, William Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 39
- They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3 Act III, Scene ii:
- (transitive, sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
- 1700, John Dryden (tr.), “The Flower and the Leaf”:
- (now the dew with spangles decked the ground)
- 1700, John Dryden (tr.), “The Flower and the Leaf”:
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
Usage notes
- See deck out
Derived terms
- bedeck
Translations
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d?k]
Verb
deck
- singular imperative of decken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of decken
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English deck.
Noun
deck m (invariable)
- tape deck
Luxembourgish
Verb
deck
- second-person singular imperative of decken
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veranda
English
Alternative forms
- verandah, viranda, virandah
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ?????? m (bar?md?) or ?????? m (bara???), from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /v???æn.d?/
Noun
veranda (plural verandas)
- A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? French: véranda
- ? Polish: weranda
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?randa]
- Hyphenation: ve?ran?da
Noun
veranda f
- verandah
Declension
Further reading
- veranda in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- veranda in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From French véranda.
Noun
veranda c (singular definite verandaen, plural indefinite verandaer)
- verandah
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English veranda, from Hindi ?????? (bar?md?), from Portuguese varanda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??r?n.da?/
- Hyphenation: ve?ran?da
Noun
veranda f (plural veranda's, diminutive verandaatje n)
- veranda
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?r?nd?]
- Hyphenation: ve?ran?da
- Rhymes: -d?
Noun
veranda (plural verandák)
- verandah
Declension
Synonyms
- tornác
Further reading
- veranda in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Italian
Noun
veranda f (plural verande)
- verandah, porch
Anagrams
- drenava
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer, definite plural verandaene)
- a veranda or verandah (roofed open gallery)
References
- “veranda” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “veranda” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer or verandaar, definite plural verandaene or verandaane)
- a veranda or verandah (as above)
References
- “veranda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ra?nda/
- Hyphenation: ve?ran?da
Noun
vèr?nda f (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- verandah
- balcony
- patio
Declension
Spanish
Noun
veranda f (plural verandas)
- veranda
Swedish
Noun
veranda c
- a veranda
Declension
Related terms
- verandadörr
- verandatrappa
References
- veranda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- vaderna, varande, varenda, varnade
Turkish
Noun
veranda (definite accusative veranday?, plural verandalar)
- veranda
- balcony
- patio, porch
Declension
Synonyms
- balkon
- taraça
See also
- sundurma
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