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noun

Nautical.

a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.

the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.

any open platform suggesting an exposed deck of a ship.

an open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building. Compare sun deck.

any level, tier, or vertical section, as of a structure or machine.

flight deck (def. 2).

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a flat or nearly flat watertight surface, as at the top of a French roof.

a floor or roof surface composed of decking units.

Meteorology. cloud deck. See cloud layer.

Slang. a small packet of a narcotic, especially heroin.

10.

a pack of playing cards.

11.

Printing. bank³ (def. 8).

12.

Also called rear deck. the cover of a space behind the backseat of an automobile or the space itself.

13.

Library Science. a level of book shelving and associated facilities in the stacks of a library, as one of a series of floors or tiers.

14.

cutter deck.

15.

a cassette deck or tape deck.

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adjective

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Civil Engineering. (of a bridge truss) having a deck or floor upon or above the structure. Compare through (def. 22).

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.

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verb (used with object)

17.

to clothe or attire (people) or array (rooms, houses, etc.) in something ornamental or decorative (often followed by out): We were all decked out in our Sunday best. The church was decked with holly for the holiday season.

18.

to furnish with a deck.

19.

Informal. to knock down; floor: The champion decked the challenger in the first round.

Idioms

20.

clear the decks,

to prepare for combat, as by removing all unnecessary gear.

to prepare for some activity or work, as by getting rid of hindrances.

21.

hit the deck, Slang.

Nautical. to rise from bed.

to fall, drop, or be knocked to the ground or floor.

22.

on deck,

Baseball. next at bat; waiting one's turn to bat.

Informal. next in line; coming up; scheduled.

Informal. prepared to act or work; ready.

23.

play with/have a full deck, Slang. to be sane, rational, or reasonably intelligent: Whoever dreamed up this scheme wasn't playing with a full deck.

24.

stack the deck. stack (def. 24).

Origin:
1425–75; (noun) late Middle English dekke material for covering < Middle Dutch dec covering, roof; (v.) < Dutch dekken to cover; cognate with German decken; compare thatch

Related forms

un·decked, adjective

Synonyms
17. bedeck, garnish, trim, bedizen, adorn, embellish; dress.

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Example Sentences

Deck cleaners will not eliminate rot nor will they keep it from spreading.

Halfmann says, and preferred the deck likely to give them a bigger but distant payout.

Mainstream economists are doomed to shuffling chairs on the deck of a sinking ship.

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Deck cleaners will not eliminate rot nor will they keep it from spreading.

Halfmann says, and preferred the deck likely to give them a bigger but distant payout.

Mainstream economists are doomed to shuffling chairs on the deck of a sinking ship.

And we'd all rush out onto deck with cameras and binoculars to catch a glimpse.

The virus is notoriously capable of shuffling its genetic deck to stack the cards in its favor.

Keg-size depth charges on the main deck look ready for deployment.

Its spherical shape is echoed by a trio of orbs on the deck.

The mid-deck area is accessed directly when the vehicle is on the ground, with the flight deck above and the equipment bay below.

My co-op needs to fix a roof leak involving another unit that requires taking apart my outdoor wood deck.

Tonight, once again, there will be dancing on the back deck of our boat.

Then, they hoisted it on deck with a hydraulic lift.

The flight deck bulkhead should probably also be reinforced.

Hayes handed off the pole to a crewmate and sat down on the deck.

In skateboarding circles, what's on the bottom of your deck is as important as landing a hardflip on top of it.

My year-old fir deck was stained with a semisolid stain instead of a deck stain.

God forbid that someone would come along and propose a reshifting of the chairs on the deck of a sinking ship.

The main deck has ten hatches arranged in five pairs, and firewood is visible below deck within the forward holds.

Until then, we'll be all hands on deck trying to identify and undo the spaghetti-bowl of depleting factors in play today.

The joker in the deck is a vervet monkey who also likes the fruit the staff puts out.

On the deck of the barge, an operator sits inside a cramped, dimly lit control room made from a shipping container.

Those alumni that's complaining need to be on deck from the beginning.

Sandbar and tiger sharks lie on a boat deck after they were snagged as bycatch on longline fishing gear.

Each person takes a card from a shuffled deck and holds it, face out, to his or her forehead.

The boat's deck rises once more, and he launches himself for the fourth rung.

Previous editions used randomized tables, but a deck of shuffled cards is much easier to manage and is more fun for the players.

Tomorrow the deck may be shuffled and recut by the devil's hand.

It's all hands on deck to create a long-lasting sanctuary for the animals.

We need to reduce our dependence on the unstable mid-east not rearrange the deck chairs.

If the fryer boils over the flame will immediately cause a violent fire and your deck will be fuel.

Anyone entering the army of adjuncts by now should realize how the deck is stacked.

Sumatra the toyger bats at leaves on a backyard deck.

At the same time, it throws some wild cards into the deck.

The deck builder allows you to pick a card, and then it suggest the optimal deck from your remaining cards.

The idea was to pull the shark onto a sling, then use a crane to lift it onto the deck.

The lower deck will feature moving animal models, including a robot lion.

Each is cinched to the deck by four white nylon straps.

The additional crew member who will staff the open deck might prove an expensive luxury in austere times.

Ask a friend to pick a card, any card, from the deck and look at it.

As mighty as glaciers look from the deck of a cruise ship, they are surprisingly fragile.

Find inspiration for turning your deck into an outdoor retreat.

Paul climbs up to the top of the roof deck for the first time.

My housemates stained the back deck this past week, and somehow the paint thinner smell got into the fridge.

Note that not one word was heard from the flight deck.

Fan out the deck and tell a friend to pick a secret card.

Turn your front yard or deck into a budget-friendy outdoor retreat.

Two roof deck fires in one week, but two different causes.

We stacked the deck against them, even altering their evaluations or losing their tenure and promotion records.

The procedural deck is already heavily staked in favor of defendants.

For the next four weeks we'll deck your desktop with holiday images.

Windows, doors, and a new deck expand a small house.

Fitzpatrick said the deck would not be stacked in favor of open peer review.

What counts is keeping bad guys off the plane, and if they do make it onto the plane, keeping them off the flight deck.

In some public pools it is required to walk through a trough containing an anti-fungal solution before entering the deck area.

Visitors can visit the observation deck and learn more through an onsite exhibit and film.

See how to create a chore-free patio and deck with durable furnishings, low-maintenance plants, and clever decking and hardscape.

Alison describes problems with the roof deck and the guest bathroom.

Once a student is called on, the card goes back in the deck and prof reshuffles.

She is a pilot who does not believe in making announcements from the flight deck.

Stone solitaire and a deck of cards to keep you entertained.

These tiles rest on the same kind of framework a wooden deck does.

New deck chairs were provided and a portion of the upper deck was enclosed in canvas and plastic to preserve the view.

Sometimes books get pushed through because of personal connections and a stacked deck of readers' reports.

The dealer takes enough cards from the deck to equal the number.

The raised deck outside the bedroom creates a perch for an oversize lounge chair, whose cushion echoes the bronzy brown foliage.

One woman sent her husband a large canvas bag full of golf balls so he could practice his golf skills from the deck of his ship.

These would eventually support the cables for the deck of the bridge.

If you are using standard deck screws, drill the holes first, since composite lumber is dense and hard.

The project took about seven months, including time for clearing the land of debris and building a deck to house the yurt.

The previous generation is moved into the outfield, whereas the young are on deck.

Steps connect an upper bluestone patio to a new deck on.

There's a deck-building mechanic that allows tacticians to stack their deck with orders, units and other abilities.

Cut the deck in the right place and you could tap open a.

It was so hot this night that sleeping on deck was nearly impossible.

He tells her to put on a life jacket, and go to the deck for a drill.

The ship is immense, going seven decks down from the flight deck and ten levels up in the tower.

Each player receives one pair of pigs, and a deck of thirty cards is shuffled to complete the game setup.

Demand is high for deck space and hands, while moody weather and equipment failures add to the strain.

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To make the ship less top heavy, the pirates probably leveled the upper deck by clearing off cabins and other.

Mwila women smear their hair with oil, mold it with mud and cow dung, and deck it with beads.

Zoom in on the decayed deck of the doomed ship and maneuver across it inch by inch, including the grand staircase.

On the back deck the crew had laid out pumping equipment in case there was a chance the ailing ship could be saved.

Conger had to swing on a cable to descend to the deck of the destroyer.

Either way, it's preferably eaten in the archipelago on the deck of a boat or on the patio of someone's summer cabin.

Onboard, languorous hours are spent sipping gin-and-tonics on the deck as the jungle drifts by.

The fish is kept breathing on deck by inserting a hose of salt water into its mouth.

The deck bridging the two units creates an elegant outdoor dining room, accessible from both rooms.

The design encourages movement between the kitchen, the living area, and the deck.

The sliding doors provide access to the deck and the forest views beyond.

The formerly blank façade had cramped stairs along one side and a front deck that was exposed to the weather.

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World English Dictionary

deck (dɛk)

—n
1.	nautical any of various platforms built into a vessel: a promenade deck; the poop deck
2.	a similar floor or platform, as in a bus
3.	a. the horizontal platform that supports the turntable and pick-up of a record player
	b. See tape deck
4.	chiefly (US) a pack of playing cards
5.	obsolete computing Also called: pack a collection of punched cards relevant to a particular program
6.	a raised wooden platform built in a garden to provide a seating area
7.	informal clear the decks to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
8.	informal hit the deck
	a. to fall to the floor or ground, esp in order to avoid injury
	b. to prepare for action
	c. to get out of bed

—vb
9.	(often foll by out) to dress or decorate
10.	to build a deck on (a vessel)
11.	slang to knock (a person) to the floor or ground

[C15: from Middle Dutch dec a covering; related to thatch]

'decker

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Word Origin & History

deck

mid-15c., probably aphetic of M.L.G. verdeck, a nautical word, from ver- "fore" + decken "to cover, put under roof," from P.Gmc. *thackjam (related to thatch), from PIE *(s)tog-/*(s)teg- "cover" (see stegosaurus). Sense extended early in

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English from "covering" to "platform of a ship." "Pack of cards" is 1590s, perhaps because they were stacked like decks of a ship. The verb sense of "knock down" is first recorded c.1953, probably from notion of laying someone out on the deck. Deck chair (1884) so called because they were used on ocean liners. Tape deck (1949) is in ref. to the flat surface of old reel-to-reel tape recorders.

deck

"adorn" (as in deck the halls), c.1500, from M.Du. dekken "to cover," from the same P.Gmc. root as deck (n.). Replaced O.E. þeccan.

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Slang Dictionary

deck definition

tv.
to knock someone to the ground. : Fred decked Bob with one blow.
n.
a pack of cigarettes. : Can you toss me a deck of fags, please?

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Idioms & Phrases

deck

In addition to the idiom beginning with deck, also see clear the decks; hit the deck; on deck.