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1. çoğ. wharves (hwôrvz) i. iskele; rıhtım. iskele, rihtim. rıhtım. rıhtım. çoğ. wharves (hwôrvz) i. iskele; rıhtım. iskele, rıhtım. iskeleye boşaltmak, iskeleye bağlamak.
2. iskele, büyük yük iskelesi, rıhtım; iskele veya rıhtım yapmak; rıhtım, rıhtımda dolaşan serseri veya hırsız, ; wharf rat bir çeşit büyük fare, rıhtıma getirmek veya çıkarmak.
3. iskele. rıhtım.
4. iskele. rıhtım. büyük yük iskelesi. dok.
5. rıhtım.
6. iskele. rihtim.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hwearf embankment, wharf; akin to Old English hweorfan to turn, Old High German hwerban, Greek karpos wrist
Pronunciation : 'hworf, 'worf
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century

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1. dock, place where boats can be be tied up and load or unload cargo; bank, beach (Archaic). tie up at dock; store cargo at dock; provide with a wharf for docking boats. wharf\wharf\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. wharfed ; p. pr. & vb. n. wharfing.].
2. to guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
3. to place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.wharf \wharf\ , n.; pl. wharfs (#) or wharves (#). [as. hwerf, hwearf, a returning, a change, from hweorfan to turn, turn about, go about; akin to d. werf a wharf, g. werft, sw. varf a shipbuilder's yard, dan. verft wharf, dockyard, g. werben to enlist, to engage, woo, ohg. werban to turn about, go about, be active or occupied, icel. hverfa to turn, goth. hwa?rban, hwarbōn, to walk. cf. whirl.].
4. a structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier. commerce pushes its wharves into the sea. out upon the wharfs they came, knight and burgher, lord and dame.note: the plural of this word is generally written wharves in the united states, and wharfs in england; but many recent english writers use wharves.
5. [as. hwearf.] the bank of a river, or the shore of the sea. [obs.] "the fat weed that roots itself in ease on lethe wharf."wharf boat, a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river, and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless. [u. s.]wharf rat. (zo?l.) (a) the common brown rat. (b) a neglected boy who lives around the wharfs. [slang]wharf a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats [syn: pier, wharfage, dock] v.
6. provide with a wharf; "wharf the mouth of the river".
7. store on a wharf; "wharf the merchandise".
8. discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers".
9. come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [syn: moor, berth].
10. moor at a wharf, of vessels; "the ship was wharfed".
11. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
12. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
13. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
14. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf. moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed" discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers" store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise" provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river".
15. A wharf is a platform by a river or the sea where ships can be tied up. = jetty, quay. wharves a structure that is built out into the water so that boats can stop next to it.