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Definition of deck :
1. A heap or store.
2. A main aeroplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane.
3. A pack or set of playing cards.
4. 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.
5. The roof of a passenger car.
6. The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
7. To cover; to overspread.
8. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
9. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
Synonyms:
fancify, down, deck of cards, embellish, strike down, embroider, blow up, invest, blast, beautify, bedight, level, ball over, aggrandise, pull down, prettify, illustrate, lay low, ground, pad, pack of cards, shock, push down, blow out of the water, flatten, underprice, plunge, bring down, bedeck, aggrandize, dramatise, prostrate, floor, coldcock, story, pack, card, tier, adorn, grace, ditch, decorate, flight, knock down, dress, fell, garnish, ornament, clothe, cut down, set, gild, layer, take aback, throw, rise, dramatize, lard, drop, dump
prepared (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
- On to the deck crept a small child, for the noise of the birds had come down to him in the hold. - "Moonshine & Clover", Laurence Housman.
- Nor was she afraid now; she had gone up on deck simply to see if anything interesting or exciting was going on there. - "Jerusalem", Selma Lagerlöf.
- When at last she came on deck all were struck by the sad change that had taken place in her. - "The Return of Tarzan", Edgar Rice Burroughs.
