deck
1. any of various platforms built into a vessel (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
platform
• Hyponyms:
afterdeck, flight deck, landing deck, foredeck, gun deck,
hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck, awning deck, lido deck, lower deck,
third deck, main deck, second deck, orlop deck, orlop, fourth deck,
quarterdeck, upper deck
• Part Holonyms:
ship
2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs (Freq. 2)
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
packet
• Hyponyms:
dime bag, dime
3. a pack of 52 playing cards (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
pack of cards, deck of cards
• Hypernyms:
pack
• Member Meronyms:
playing card, queen, suit
4. a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
• Hypernyms:
porch
• Hyponyms:
sun deck
1. be beautiful to look at
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
• Syn:
adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
• Derivationally related forms:
beautification (for: beautify), beauty (for: beautify), grace (for: grace), decorative (for: decorate), decoration (for: decorate), adornment (for: adorn)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
ornament
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Holly flowers deck the halls
2. decorate
- deck the halls with holly
• Syn:
bedight, bedeck
• Hypernyms:
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
• Hyponyms:
plume
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They deck the halls with holly
3. knock down with force
- He decked his opponent
• Syn:
coldcock, dump, knock down, floor
• Derivationally related forms:
floor (for: floor), knockdown (for: knock down)
• Hypernyms:
beat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to deck his opponent
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