wharf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
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Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
provide with a wharf
Wharf the mouth of the river
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
- pier derivation
Sense 3 verb
store on a wharf
Wharf the merchandise
Types & categories
- store hypernym
Related & opposite
- pier derivation
Sense 4 verb
discharge at a wharf
wharf the passengers
Types & categories
- unload hypernym
Related & opposite
- pier derivation
Sense 5 verb
come into or dock at a wharf
the big ship wharfed in the evening
Types & categories
- dock hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
moor at a wharf
The ship was wharfed
Types & categories
- moor hypernym
Related & opposite
- pier derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wharf |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bollard |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shipside |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | platform |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | levee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pier |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | store |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pier |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | unload |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pier |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mooring |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dock |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pier |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | moor |