| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Berth.[Websters]
2. To be roomed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have positioned, sited, stationed or mailed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be layered, seamed, undercoated or veneered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have placed, seated, spotted, squared or housed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be tiered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have posted or towered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be sheltered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have moored or anchored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be tenured.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb berth.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (berth) | 1. Provide with a berth.[Wordnet]. 2. Secure in or as if in a berth or dock.[Wordnet]. 3. Come into or dock at a wharf.[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: berthing, berthed, berths, berther, berthers, berthingly and berthedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BERTHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references) |
Specialty Definition: berth
| Domain | Definition | ||
| 19th Century Satire | An aid to sleep, invented by Pullman. Lower preferred. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. | ||
| Economics | The place beside a docking area where a ship is secured and cargo can be loaded or unloaded. (references) | ||
| Energy | (See also Wharfage) 1) A specific segment of wharfage where a ship ties up alongside at a pier, quay, wharf, or other structure that provides a breasting surface for the vessel. Typically, this structure is a stationary extension of an improved shore and intended to facilitate the transfer of cargo or passengers. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | 1: To place a vessel in a desired or required position. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: The space allocated for a vessel to moor, either at anchor or alongside a quay, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Literature | 1: To give a wide berth. Not to come near a person; to keep a person at a distance. The place where a ship lies in harbour is called her berth: hence, to give a "wide berth" is to give a ship plenty of room to swing at anchor. 2: Berth He has tumbled into a nice berth. A nice situation or fortune. The place in which a ship is anchored is called its berth, and the sailors call it a good or bad berth as they think it favourable or otherwise. The space also allotted to a seaman for his hammock is called his berth. (Norman, berth, a cradle.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Transportation | An authorized location at a public transport stop or station where vehicles stop for passenger boarding and alighting. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | A berth is a nautical term for a bed on a boat. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: berth
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Berth deck | (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Berth Milton Jr. | Berth Milton Jr. Swedish businessman and the majority owner of Private Media Group, one of the leading producers and distributors of pornography. Son of Berth Milton Sr., former owner of the company and the founder of Private, the first full color hardcore sex magazine. (references) | ||
| Berth Milton Sr. | Berth Milton Sr. Swedish pornographer and businessman. Founder of Private, the first commercial full-color hardcore pornographic magazine in 1965 and went on to build one of the most renowned brand names in pornography today. Father of Berth Milton Jr., the current majority owner and former CEO of Private Media Group. (references) | ||
| Foul berth | (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Lower berth | The lower of two berths. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Sick berth | 1: An apartment for the sick in a ship of war. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Upper berth | The higher of two berths. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Specialty Expressions: berth
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Berth terms | Transportation | Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port. (references) | |
| On berth | Military | (DOD) Said of a ship when it is properly moored to a quay, wharf, jetty, pier, or buoy or when it is at anchor and available for loading or discharging passengers and cargo. (references) | |
| Special unloading berth | Military | (DOD) Berths established in the vicinity of the approach lanes into which transports may move for unloading, thus reducing the running time for landing craft and assisting in the dispersion of transports. (references) | |
| Test und tune berth | Military & Defense | Berth containing apparatus for testing and tuning weapons systems, radar, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Train berth | Energy | In rail operations, the space designated for a train of given length to occupy when it is stopped at a station platform, in a terminal, on a transfer track, or at some other designated place. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: berth | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Berth | 42 | Berth | 42 | |
| Berth (The Used) | 15 | Berth (The Used) | 15 | |
| Berth Marks | 9 | Berth Marks | 9 | |
| Berth Milton, Jr. | 5 | Berth Milton | 2 | |
| Paul Berth | 4 | Berth Milton, Jr. | 5 | |
| Berth Milton, Sr. | 3 | Berth Milton, Sr. | 3 | |
| Berth Milton | 2 | Paul Berth | 4 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
