Definition of Deck

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Definition of Deck

Deck

To cover; to overspread.

To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

The roof of a passenger car.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A heap or store.

A main aeroplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane.

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Deck Quotations

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.
Henry David Thoreau

Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.
Eminem

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
Ann Landers

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.
David Ortiz

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
Sally Ride

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.
John James Audubon

I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media.
Tim Robbins

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn't like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was.
Peter Fonda

The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money.
Linda Chavez

I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
Laura Hillenbrand

Deck Translations

deck in Dutch is verdek, scheepsdek, dek
deck in Finnish is laivan kansi
deck in French is pont
deck in German is Verdeck
deck in Portuguese is coberta, plataforma
deck in Spanish is cubierta

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