'Berth' definitions:

Definition of 'berth'

From: WordNet
noun
A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation]
noun
A place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring, moorage, berth, slip]
noun
A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: berth, bunk, built in bed]
verb
Provide with a berth
verb
Secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" [syn: moor, berth, tie up]
verb
Come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [syn: moor, berth, wharf]

Definition of 'Berth'

From: GCIDE
  • Berth \Berth\ (b[~e]rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.] [Also written birth.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth." --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in. [1913 Webster]
  • Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  • To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Berth'

From: GCIDE
  • Berth \Berth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berthed; p. pr. & vb. n. Berthing.]
  • 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'berth'

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