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1 4.3
To cover an outdoor area with boards for walking or sitting
  • verb
  • /ˈdɛkɪŋ/
translation icon : instalar tarima
  • The workers spent the afternoon decking the patio with new wooden planks.

Examples

  • Jeff was first diagnosed with leukemia that September, just after he finished decking over the first floor of our cabin.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I pictured drawing several cards per turn and coming close to decking myself, and I wanted a safeguard in case that happened.

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  • Also decking the walls were large flat-screen TVs playing sporting events airing that evening.

    Blog text (11)
  • One was hella fucking old—the guy from the corner—and I seriously thought about decking that asshole, but to be fair, less so because he was old and more so because he wasn't in my fucking office.

    Blog text (19)
  • Billionaire investor Jeff Greene spent millions decking out this Beverly Hills mansion in particularly extravagant style and is now hoping to quietly get his money back and more with a $150M asking price.

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  • They are decking the pool area with composite material to make it more durable.

  • After finishing the renovation, he was decking the terrace to enjoy summer evenings.

Synonyms

deck
vsto decking
808 1.3

A flat wooden platform outside a house for sitting or walking

describes the act of covering an area to build a platform rather than the platform
flooring
vsto decking
27 2.5

Material like wood, tile or carpet that covers a floor

is the process of fitting outdoor platform boards rather than general floor materials
planking
vsto decking
1 4.1

A surface or structure made of wooden boards

focuses on creating an outdoor platform surface rather than general board coverings
tiling
vsto decking
1 3.1

Covering a surface with tiles on floors or walls

involves covering areas with wooden platform materials rather than those hard pieces
floor covering
vsto decking
1 3.4

A material placed on a floor to protect it and make it look nice

focuses on fitting boards to make an outdoor platform rather than generic floor layers

How Covered

flooring
27 2.5
boarding
85 3.1
planking
1 4.1
to decking
1 4.3

Surface Forms

decking infinitive
decked past
decked past participle
decking present participle
decks third person singular

Morphology

decking = deck (transparent) = deck + ing

Present-participle/gerund formation from the verb 'deck' meaning to install decking, which directly yields this progressive/gerund form.

Etymology

Decking as a verb comes from the same idea: deck (old Dutch dek) meant 'to cover' or make a floor. So when you are decking a patio you are 'covering' it with boards to create a level space.