to stevedore
8.1
To load and unload cargo from a ship at a port
- verb
- /ˈstiːvəˌdɔːr/
:
estibar
- After stevedoring all day, he was exhausted from lifting and moving containers.
Examples
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They are stevedoring the new shipment right now.
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The crew will stevedore the cargo tomorrow.
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The workers spent the morning stevedoring heavy crates onto the cargo ship.
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Many people are employed stevedoring at the busy port during the shipping season.
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The workers spent the morning stevedoring heavy crates onto the cargo ship.
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After stevedoring all day, he was exhausted from lifting and moving containers.
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They are stevedoring the new shipment right now.
How Formal
to stevedore
8.1
dock worker
4
2.1
4
2.1
longshoreman
11
8.1
- US
11
8.1
docker
2
4.3
- UK
2
4.3
dock-walloper
1
9.9
- Archaic
1
9.9
Surface Forms
stevedore infinitive
stevedored past
stevedored past participle
stevedoring present participle
stevedores third person singular
Etymology
Stevedore as a verb comes from Spanish estibar meaning 'to stow', similar to the English word stow. So to stevedore is to load or unload cargo from a ship as part of dock work.