verb · transitive · rare

wharf

wharf · wharfs · wharfed · wharfing

швартувати, пришвартувати

причалить, причаливать

anlegen

To secure by a wharfTo secure by a wharf.

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UK/ˈwɔːf/US/ˈwɔɹf/

» The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To secure by a wharf.
moor at a wharf
(transitive)To place on a wharf.
discharge at a wharf

Examples

5 sentences

The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.
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Once a month, there was a rave in the wharf's abandoned warehouse.
В покинутому складі на пристані раз на місяць проходили вечірки.
deEinmal im Monat fand im Werftlagerhaus eine Disko statt.
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The fishing village cats strolled randomly up and down the wharf.
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The wharf was always busy, even when the ships had yet to arrive.
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Meet me on the wharf.
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Origin

From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to

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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