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WHARF
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Irregular inflected form: wharves
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Derivation:
wharf (moor at a wharf)
wharf (come into or dock at a wharf)
wharf (discharge at a wharf)
wharf (store on a wharf)
wharf (provide with a wharf)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moor at a wharf
Example:
The ship was wharfed
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
Derivation:
wharf (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Come into or dock at a wharf
Example:
the big ship wharfed in the evening
Synonyms:
berth; moor; wharf
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):
dock (come into dock)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
wharf (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Discharge at a wharf
Example:
wharf the passengers
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):
discharge; drop; drop off; put down; set down; unload (remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
wharf (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Store on a wharf
Example:
Wharf the merchandise
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):
store (find a place for and put away for storage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
wharf (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Provide with a wharf
Example:
Wharf the mouth of the river
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "wharf" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
wharf; wharfage (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
