wharf

wharf

 (wôrf, hwôrf)

n. pl. wharves (wôrvz, hwôrvz) or wharfs

1. A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.

2. Obsolete A shore or riverbank.

v. wharfed, wharf·ing, wharfs

v.tr.

1. To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.

2. To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.

3. To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.

v.intr.

To berth at a wharf.

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[Middle English, from Old English hwearf.]

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wharf

(wɔːf)

n, pl wharves (wɔːvz) or wharfs

1. (Nautical Terms) a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships

2. (Nautical Terms) the wharves NZ the working area of a dock

3. (Nautical Terms) an obsolete word for shore¹

vb (tr)

4. (Nautical Terms) to moor or dock at a wharf

5. (Nautical Terms) to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves

6. (Nautical Terms) to store or unload on a wharf

[Old English hwearf heap; related to Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb a turn, Old Norse hvarf circle]

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wharf

(ʰwɔrf, wɔrf)

n., pl. wharves (hwôrvz, wôrvz), wharfs, n.

1. a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.

v.t.

2. to provide with a wharf or wharves.

3. to place or store on a wharf.

4. to accommodate at or bring to a wharf.

v.i.

5. to tie up at a wharf; dock.

[before 1050; Middle English (n.); Old English hwearf embankment, c. Middle Low German warf, werf]

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wharf

A structure built of open rather than solid construction along a shore or a bank that provides cargo-handling facilities. A similar facility of solid construction is called a quay. See also quay.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

wharf

Past participle: wharfed
Gerund: wharfing

Imperative

wharf

wharf

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wharf - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats pier, wharfage, dock bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a river platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" quay - wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline shipside - the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
Verb	1.	wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	wharf - store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise" store - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
	3.	wharf - discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers" unload, drop off, put down, set down, discharge, drop - leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
	4.	wharf - come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" moor, berth dock - come into dock; "the ship docked"
	5.	wharf - moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed" moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"

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wharf

noun dock, pier, berth, quay, jetty, landing stage There were three teenagers fishing from the wharf.

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Translations

رَصيف

kaj

Kai

muelleembarcadero

quaiembarcadère

bryggja, hafnarbakki

pontileattraccaremolo

kuģu piestātne

cais

iskelerıhtım

码头

wharf

[wɔːf] N (wharfs or wharves (pl)) [wɔːvz] → muelle m, embarcadero m
ex wharf → franco en el muelle
price ex wharf → precio m franco de muelle

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wharf

[ˈ^hwɔː^rf] [wharves] [ˈ^hwɔː^rvz] (pl) n → quai m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wharf

n pl <-s or wharves> → Kai m

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wharf

[wɔːf] n (wharfs or wharves (pl)) [wɔːvz] → banchina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wharf

(woːf) – plurals wharfs ~wharves (woːvz) – noun

a platform alongside which ships are moored for loading and unloading. kaai رَصيف кей cais / embarcadouro přístavní hráz der Kai kaj προβλήταmuelle kai لنگرگاه satamalaituri quaiמזח जहाज-घाट pristanište rak(odó)part dermaga bryggja, hafnarbakki banchina, molo 波止場 부두, 선창 prieplauka kuģu piestātne dermaga werfkai, bryggenabrzeże, przystań molhe chei пристань prístavná hrádza pomol pristanište kaj, lastkaj ท่าเรือ rıhtım, iskele 碼頭 пристань; причал گھاٹ cầu tầu 码头

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