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deck¹
- /dɛk/ US, UK
- /dek/ Australia
Sounds like deque · Rhymes with -ɛk
Where it comes from
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 *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.
noun decks
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- 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. Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
- A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
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A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
Similar: library
- A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline. If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation. Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.
- A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard. 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.
- A heap or store. A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck
- A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs. 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.
- The floor. We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.
- The bottom of a water body. 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.
- The stage.
- Ellipsis of tape deck The general operating procedure for recording a tape is basically the same as for playing it. After you insert the tape in the deck, you fast forward it to the end and then completely rewind it.
- The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
verb decks · decking · decked
- To furnish with a deck. to deck a vessel
- To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch. Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?
- To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
deck²
- /dɛk/ US, UK
- /dek/ Australia
Sounds like deque · Rhymes with -ɛk
Where it comes from
From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”), from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to roof; cover”).
verb decks · decking · decked
- To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance. And deck my body in gay ornaments, / And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
- To decorate (something). (now the dew with spangles decked the ground)
- To cover; to overspread. Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, / Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: floor, dump, decorate, adorn, bedeck, bedight, embellish, coldcock, knock down, beautify, grace, balcony, rooftop, roof, terrace, penthouse
Translations
Every language
noun any raised flat surface walked on
| Español | piso, plataforma, balcón, terraza |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Terrasse |
| Italiano | pedana, pavimento |
| Русский | насти́л nastíl |
| עברית | מרפסת mirpéset |
noun floorlike covering on a ship
| Español | cubierta, tablazón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 갑판 gap'pan |
| 日本語 | デッキ dekki, 甲板 kanpan |
| 中文 | 甲板 jiǎbǎn |
| Português | convés, deque |
| Français | pont |
| Deutsch | Deck |
| Italiano | ponte, coperta, tolda |
| Ελληνικά | κατάστρωμα katástroma, κουβέρτα kouvérta |
| Русский | па́луба páluba, дек dɛk |
| العربية | ظَهْر ẓahr, سَطْح saṭḥ |
| עברית | ספון \ סִפּוּן sipún |
noun pack of playing cards
| Español | baraja, desencuadernado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | デッキ dekki |
| 中文 | 組 /组 zǔ |
| Português | baralho |
| Français | jeu de cartes |
| Deutsch | Kartenstapel, Kartenspiel |
| Italiano | mazzo |
| Ελληνικά | τράπουλα trápoula |
| Русский | коло́да kolóda |
| Tiếng Việt | cỗ bài |
| עברית | חפיסת קלפים khafisát-klafím |
verb (slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
| 日本語 | 殴り倒す naguritaosu |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | niederschlagen |
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