to berth

Examples

• All

• Deep draft containerships and liquid-bulk petroleum vessels represent the majority of vessels berthing at the Port of Anchorage.

  Academic text (2000)

• It's plenty big enough to berth a ship.

  In Her Line of Fire (2006)

• I trained for months before I got to berth my first tiny launch.

  Fiction book (1997)

• You'll want to berth alongside him for some time to come, won't you?

  Captains Courageous (1937)

• I wasn't sure if he meant the people I was characterizing or if he was just disappointed at not getting to berth his own boat.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Hekla II could berth 67 first and second class passengers and 804 in steerage.

  Academic text (1993)

• On February 7, 1990, the tanker American Trader passed over its anchor while attempting to berth at the offshore marine terminal located 1.3 miles off Huntington Beach.

  Academic text (1994)

• We couldn't afford to berth the sportsfisher, so the Nell rode out snowstorms and summer cloudbursts on a trailer which straddled a drainage ditch dug as a property line.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The marina can easily accommodate boats and allows them to berth safely overnight.

• After a long journey, the fisherman was relieved to berth his boat and unload the catch.

Synonyms

D

to dock

vsto berth

91 2.8

To bring a boat to a platform at the water and tie it up

is broader and also means providing sleeping spaces and securing vessels

T

to tie up

vsto berth

74 2.2

Fasten something with rope so it cannot move

is specific to giving places for sleep or securing vessels not general fastening

B

to bunk

vsto berth

30 6.8

To give someone a bed to sleep on

also covers securing space for vessels in ports not only sleeping places

M

to moor

vsto berth

• Specialized

11 5.1

To tie a boat so it does not move

includes securing a vessel but also means providing sleeping spots

B

to berth at the dock

vsto berth

6.3

To move a ship into a dock and tie it there

is a broader action that also means providing sleeping places and securing vessels

W

to wharf

vsto berth

7.4

To bring a ship to a platform by the water to load or unload

focuses on securing or providing places rather than unloading or building

Antonyms

D

to displace

140 5.5

To make a person leave their usual place or job

E

to evict

77 4.6

To make someone leave a house or land by court order

Idioms

A

a wide berth

• Informal

5 4.8

A safe distance you keep from someone or something to avoid trouble

Phrasal Verbs

B

to berth at the dock

6.3

To move a ship into a dock and tie it there

Compounds

L

lower berth

1 5.5

The bed under another bed in a train or ship compartment

U

upper berth

1 6.8

A higher bed on a train or ship

C

comfortable berth

4.0

A soft sleeping place on a train or ship where you can rest

S

sick berth

• UK

7.5

A room on a ship where staff treat people who are ill or injured

How Secure

to secure

347 3.3

to berth

1 5.9

to moor

• Specialized

11 5.1

to dock

91 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology