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wharf

[ wawrf, hwawrf ]

noun

plural wharves wharfs.
  1. a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
  2. Obsolete.
    1. a riverbank.
    2. the shore of the sea.


verb (used with object)

  1. to provide with a wharf or wharves.
  2. to place or store on a wharf:

    The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.

  3. to accommodate at or bring to a wharf:

    The new structure will wharf several vessels.

verb (used without object)

  1. to tie up at a wharf; dock:

    The ship wharfed in the early morning.

wharf

/ ·ÉÉ”Ë´Ú /

noun

  1. a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
  2. the wharves
    the working area of a dock
  3. an obsolete word for shore 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to moor or dock at a wharf
  2. to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves
  3. to store or unload on a wharf
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wharf1

before 1050; Middle English (noun); Old English hwearf embankment; cognate with Middle Low German warf; akin to German Werf pier
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wharf1

Old English hwearf heap; related to Old Saxon hwarf, Old High German hwarb a turn, Old Norse hvarf circle
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About 150 feet along the end of the wharf was washed away last month during dangerous high surf from a series of atmospheric river events that battered Northern California, Oregon and Washington.

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The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.

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However, meteorologists say this next storm will not bring swells as strong as those that overwhelmed the wharf Monday.

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A wharf in Santa Cruz, California, collapsed after it was struck by strong waves earlier this week.

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By 1 p.m., city officials shut down all access to the wharf and pedestrian traffic was blocked because of the partial collapse.

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