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wharf

(wôrf, hwôrf)

n. pl. wharves (wôrvz, hwôrvz) or wharfs

1. A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.

2. Obsolete A shore or riverbank.

v. wharfed, wharf·ing, wharfs

v.tr.

1. To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.

2. To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.

3. To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.

v.intr.

To berth at a wharf.

[Middle English, from Old English hwearf.]

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wharf

(wɔːf)

n, pl wharves (wɔːvz) or wharfs

1. (Nautical Terms) a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships

2. (Nautical Terms) the wharves NZ the working area of a dock

3. (Nautical Terms) an obsolete word for shore¹

vb (tr)

4. (Nautical Terms) to moor or dock at a wharf

5. (Nautical Terms) to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves

6. (Nautical Terms) to store or unload on a wharf

[Old English hwearf heap; related to Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb a turn, Old Norse hvarf circle]

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wharf

(ʰwɔrf, wɔrf)

n., pl. wharves (hwôrvz, wôrvz), wharfs, n.

1. a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.

v.t.

2. to provide with a wharf or wharves.

3. to place or store on a wharf.

4. to accommodate at or bring to a wharf.

v.i.

5. to tie up at a wharf; dock.

[before 1050; Middle English (n.); Old English hwearf embankment, c. Middle Low German warf, werf]

wharf

A structure built of open rather than solid construction along a shore or a bank that provides cargo-handling facilities. A similar facility of solid construction is called a quay. See also quay.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

wharf

Past participle: wharfed
Gerund: wharfing

Imperative
wharf
wharf

Present
I wharf
you wharf
he/she/it wharfs
we wharf
you wharf
they wharf

Preterite
I wharfed
you wharfed
he/she/it wharfed
we wharfed
you wharfed
they wharfed

Present Continuous
I am wharfing
you are wharfing
he/she/it is wharfing
we are wharfing
you are wharfing
they are wharfing

Present Perfect
I have wharfed
you have wharfed
he/she/it has wharfed
we have wharfed
you have wharfed
they have wharfed

Past Continuous
I was wharfing
you were wharfing
he/she/it was wharfing
we were wharfing
you were wharfing
they were wharfing

Past Perfect
I had wharfed
you had wharfed
he/she/it had wharfed
we had wharfed
you had wharfed
they had wharfed

Future
I will wharf
you will wharf
he/she/it will wharf
we will wharf
you will wharf
they will wharf

Future Perfect
I will have wharfed
you will have wharfed
he/she/it will have wharfed
we will have wharfed
you will have wharfed
they will have wharfed

Future Continuous
I will be wharfing
you will be wharfing
he/she/it will be wharfing
we will be wharfing
you will be wharfing
they will be wharfing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wharfing
you have been wharfing
he/she/it has been wharfing
we have been wharfing
you have been wharfing
they have been wharfing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wharfing
you will have been wharfing
he/she/it will have been wharfing
we will have been wharfing
you will have been wharfing
they will have been wharfing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wharfing
you had been wharfing
he/she/it had been wharfing
we had been wharfing
you had been wharfing
they had been wharfing

Conditional
I would wharf
you would wharf
he/she/it would wharf
we would wharf
you would wharf
they would wharf

Past Conditional
I would have wharfed
you would have wharfed
he/she/it would have wharfed
we would have wharfed
you would have wharfed
they would have wharfed

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Noun	1.	wharf - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats pier, wharfage, dock bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a river platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" quay - wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline shipside - the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
Verb	1.	wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	wharf - store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise" store - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
	3.	wharf - discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers" unload, drop off, put down, set down, discharge, drop - leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
	4.	wharf - come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" moor, berth dock - come into dock; "the ship docked"
	5.	wharf - moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed" moor, berth, tie up - secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"

wharf

noun dock, pier, berth, quay, jetty, landing stage There were three teenagers fishing from the wharf.

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Translations

رَصيف

kaj

Kai

muelle embarcadero

quai embarcadère

bryggja, hafnarbakki

pontile attraccare molo

kuģu piestātne

cais

iskele rıhtım

码头

wharf

[wɔːf] N (wharfs or wharves (pl)) [wɔːvz] → muelle m, embarcadero m
ex wharf → franco en el muelle
price ex wharf → precio m franco de muelle

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wharf

[ˈ^hwɔː^rf] [wharves] [ˈ^hwɔː^rvz] (pl) n → quai m

wharf

n pl <-s or wharves> → Kai m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wharf

[wɔːf] n (wharfs or wharves (pl)) [wɔːvz] → banchina

wharf

(woːf) – plurals wharfs ~wharves (woːvz) – noun

a platform alongside which ships are moored for loading and unloading.

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As Tarzan and his guide had disappeared into the shadows upon the dark wharf the figure of a heavily veiled woman had hurried down the narrow alley to the entrance of the drinking-place the two men had just quitted.

A sailor who had approached to listen to the conversation vouchsafed the information that a moment before as he had been about to enter the "pub" he had seen two men leaving it who walked toward the wharf.

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Leaving them to their conference, at Charley's suggestion we boarded our skiff and pulled over to the Old Steamboat Wharf, where Big Alec's ark was lying.

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But methinks it must have been sadder still when they were landed on the Long Wharf in Boston, and left to themselves on a foreign strand.

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I am going to the wharf this morning--the earlier the better, so be quick.'

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You feel that they are dishonestly locked up, to be hunted about from wharf to wharf on a dark, greasy, square pool of black water as a brutal reward at the end of a faithful voyage.

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no baggage, not a hat-box, valise, or carpet-bag, --no friends accompany him to the wharf with their adieux.

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"But, madam, it is needless; from the wharf to the hotel, as you observe, extends an unbroken line of prostrate newspaper men who crave the honour of having you walk upon them."

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Floating on before me, the child led the way to a wharf crowded with travelers and their luggage.

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At the end of Broad Street it ran right down to the water's edge, where there was a small wooden wharf. Toby led us to the very edge of this, and there stood whining, looking out on the dark current beyond.

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They had been seen on the Tower Wharf that morning, embarking on board the steamer bound for Rotterdam.

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The lovers, who had laid their plans the night before, were already strolling toward the wharf. The lady in black, with her Sunday prayer-book, velvet and gold-clasped, and her Sunday silver beads, was following them at no great distance.