wharf

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Etymology

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    From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (heap, embankment, wharf); related to Old English hweorfan (to turn), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (a turn), hwerban (to turn), Old Norse hvarf (circle), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, wrist).

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    wharf (plural wharves or wharfs)

    1. (nautical) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
      Synonyms: dock, quay
      Hyponyms: jetty, pier, (Northern England) staith, (Northern England) staithe
    2. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

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    Verb

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    wharf (third-person singular simple present wharfs, present participle wharfing, simple past and past participle wharfed)

    1. (transitive) To secure by a wharf.
    2. (transitive) To place on a wharf.

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old English hweorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

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      wharf (plural wharves)

      1. wharf

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      • English: wharf
      • Scots: wharf

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