Sekirov Dictionary

deck

/ˈdɛk/

noun 15
verb 6
forms 7
phrases 5

noun15

a flat level of a ship or boat that people walk on
Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
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(UK) 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. — 2012
The stage.
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(informal) The floor.
- We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.
A pack or set of playing cards.
A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
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Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it. — 2011
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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. — 1985
(slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
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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. — 2005
A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
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(no longer used) A heap or store.
- A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck — 1655

verb6

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(informal) To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?
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To cover; to overspread.
- Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, / Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers — 1667
To furnish with a deck.
To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
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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. — 1591
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To decorate (something).
- (now the dew with spangles decked the ground) — 1700

forms

deck'd · decked · deckedst · decking · decketh · decks · deckest

Phrases with deck

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