From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Berth \Berth\ (b[~e]rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce,
like birth nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.]
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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.
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2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or
employment. "He has a good berth." --Totten.
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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.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth
a ship's company. --Totten.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
berth
n 1: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office},
{spot}, {billet}, {place}, {situation}]
2: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: {mooring},
{moorage}, {berth}, {slip}]
3: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: {berth},
{bunk}, {built in bed}]
v 1: provide with a berth
2: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
[syn: {moor}, {berth}, {tie up}]
3: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the
evening" [syn: {moor}, {berth}, {wharf}]
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