decking (verb)

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• deck out — verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (Freq. 1) She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera The young girls were all fancied up for the party • Syn: ↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• deck — I UK [dek] / US noun [countable] Word forms deck : singular deck plural decks ** 1) the outside top part of a ship that you can walk on on deck: A lot of passengers were sitting up on deck. below deck(s) (= inside and at a lower level than the… …   English dictionary

• deck — [[t]de̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ decks, decking, decked 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it. → See also flight deck ...sitting on the top deck of the number 13 bus. ...a luxury liner with five… …   English dictionary

• Gun deck — The term gun deck originally referred to a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. However, on many smaller vessels such as frigates and unrated vessels the upper deck, forecastle and… …   Wikipedia

• quill — 1. noun /kwɪl/ a) The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. He picked up his quill and wrote a poem. b) A pen made from a feather. 2. verb /kwɪl/ …   Wiktionary

• lumber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wood, logs, timber; planks, boards, paneling, etc. See materials. v. trudge, plod, hobble, bumble. See slowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cut timber, logs, sawed timber, forest products, boards,… …   English dictionary for students

• adorn — adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, bedeck, garnish mean to add something unessential in order to enhance the appearance. These words and especially the first five are often used interchangeably; certain distinctions, however,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• deck out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms deck out : present tense I/you/we/they deck out he/she/it decks out present participle decking out past tense decked out past participle decked out to decorate a person or object with something, usually for a… …   English dictionary

• vict|ual — «VIHT uhl», noun, verb, ualed, ual|ing or ualled, ual|ling. –n. victuals, food or provisions, especially for human beings: »There was…decking of the hall in the best hangings...; cooking of victuals, broaching of casks (Charles Kingsley). –v.t.… …   Useful english dictionary