deck — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

2. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

   Esempi

   Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel

   to swab the deck

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   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.

3. A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.

4. A pack or set of playing cards.

5. A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.

   Uso

   • broadly

   Sinonimi

   library

6. A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.

   Termini più generali

   headline

   Esempi

   If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words.

7. A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.

   Esempi

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   The interaction model of WAP, originally developed for mobile phones to interact with information services in a web-like way, was based on Apple's HyperCard, and instead of pages, the user interacted with a deck of cards, which were interlinked by a scripting language.

8. A heap or store.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck

9. A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.

   Uso

   • gergo

   Esempi

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   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.

10. The floor.

    Uso

    • colloquiale

    Esempi

    We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.

    Altri esempi (1)

    Williams fell to the deck. Following a lengthy check, he was replaced by Connor Roberts due to a suspected concussion - a scenario well explained by the stadium's staff over the PA system.

11. The bottom of a water body.

    Uso

    • uso britannico

    Esempi

    Wily carp are quickly put on their guard by tight lines cutting through the water, so another common measure is to use a back lead to keep the line on the deck.

12. The stage.

13. The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.

Verbo

1. To furnish with a deck.

   Uso

   • transitivo
   • poco comune

   Esempi

   to deck a vessel

2. To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.

   Uso

   • informale
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

3. To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.

   Uso

   • transitivo

Verbo

1. To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • sometimes
   • transitivo
   • with out

   Esempi

   And deck my body in gay ornaments, / And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.

   Decke thy selfe now with Maiestie, and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with glory, and beautie.

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   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.

2. To decorate (something).

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • sometimes
   • transitivo
   • with out

   Esempi

   (now the dew with spangles decked the ground)

   Altri esempi (1)

   The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

3. To cover; to overspread.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, / Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers

Sostantivo

1. any of various platforms built into a vessel

   Termini più generali

   platform

2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs

   Termini più generali

   packet

3. a pack of 52 playing cards

   Sinonimi

   pack of cardsdeck of cards

   Termini più generali

   pack

4. a porch that resembles the deck on a ship

   Termini più generali

   porch

Verbo

1. be beautiful to look at

   Sinonimi

   adorndecorategraceembellishbeautify

   Termini più generali

   existbe

   Esempi

   Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

2. decorate

   Sinonimi

   bedightbedeck

   Termini più generali

   decorateadorngraceornamentembellishbeautify

   Esempi

   deck the halls with holly

3. knock down with force

   Sinonimi

   coldcockdumpknock downfloor

   Termini più generali

   beat

   Esempi

   He decked his opponent