WHARF (wharves)

Pronunciation (US):

• WHARF (noun)
  The noun WHARF has 1 sense:

1. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

  Familiarity information: WHARF used as a noun is very rare.

• WHARF (verb)
  The verb WHARF has 5 senses:

1. provide with a wharf
2. store on a wharf
3. discharge at a wharf
4. come into or dock at a wharf
5. moor at a wharf

  Familiarity information: WHARF used as a verb is common.

• WHARF (noun)

Meaning:

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pier; wharf; wharfage; dock

Hypernyms ("wharf" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Meronyms (parts of "wharf"):

bitt; bollard (a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines))

shipside (the part of a wharf that is next to a ship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wharf"):

levee (a pier that provides a landing place on a river)

quay (wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline)

• WHARF (verb)

Meaning:

Provide with a wharf

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Wharf the mouth of the river

Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Store on a wharf

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Wharf the merchandise

Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):

store (find a place for and put away for storage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Discharge at a wharf

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

wharf the passengers

Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):

discharge; drop; drop off; put down; set down; unload (leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Come into or dock at a wharf

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

moor; berth; wharf

Context example:

the big ship wharfed in the evening

Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):

dock (come into dock)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Moor at a wharf

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The ship was wharfed

Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):

berth; moor; tie up (secure in or as if in a berth or dock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something