[dek] 
| 1. | Nautical.
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| 2. | any open platform suggesting an exposed deck of a ship. |
| 3. | an open, unroofed porch or platform extending from a house or other building. Compare sun deck. |
| 4. | any level, tier, or vertical section, as of a structure or machine. |
| 5. | flight deck (def. 2). |
| 6. | a flat or nearly flat watertight surface, as at the top of a French roof. |
| 7. | a floor or roof surface composed of decking units. |
| 8. | Meteorology. cloud deck. cloud layer. |
| 9. | Slang. a small packet of a narcotic, esp. heroin. |
| 10. | a pack of playing cards. |
| 11. | Printing. bank 3 (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. |
| 16. | Civil Engineering. (of a bridge truss) having a deck or floor upon or above the structure. Compare through (def. 22). |
| 17. | to clothe or attire (people) or array (rooms, houses, etc.) in something ornamental or decorative (often fol. 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. |
| 20. | clear the decks,
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| 21. | hit the deck, Slang.
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| 22. | on deck,
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| 23. | play with or 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). |
