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wharf

 
Noun wharf has 1 sense
  1. pier, wharf, wharfage, dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
    --1 is a kind of platform
    --1 has parts: bollard, bitt; shipside
    --1 has particulars: quay
    Derived forms: verb wharf1, verb wharf2, verb wharf4, verb wharf3, verb wharf5
Verb wharf has 5 senses
  1. wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"
    --1 is one way to
    supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived forms: noun wharf1, noun wharfage2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. wharf - store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise"
    --2 is one way to
    store
    Derived form: noun wharf1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. wharf - discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"
    --3 is one way to
    drop, set down, put down, unload, discharge
    Derived form: noun wharf1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. moor, berth, wharf - come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
    --4 is one way to dock
    Derived form: noun wharf1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. wharf - moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"
    --5 is one way to
    moor, berth, tie up
    Derived form: noun wharf1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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