deck

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

• Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
• to swab the deck

A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.

A pack or set of playing cards.

A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.broadly

A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.

• If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words.

Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

• Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.

A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.

• The interaction model of WAP, originally developed for mobile phones to interact with information services in a web-like way, was based on Apple's HyperCard, and instead of pages, the user interacted with a deck of cards, which were interli

A heap or store.obsolete

• A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck

A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.slang

• Defendant placed the decks in his pocket and, after driving out of the city, gave one to Shore. While still in the car, Shore snorted half of the deck. When they returned to defendant's home, defendant handed Shore a second deck of heroin.

To furnish with a deck.transitiveuncommon

• to deck a vessel

To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.informaltransitive

• Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.transitive

To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.archaicsometimestransitive

• And deck my body in gay ornaments, / And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
• Decke thy selfe now with Maiestie, and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with glory, and beautie.

To decorate (something).archaicsometimestransitive

• (now the dew with spangles decked the ground)
• The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.

To cover; to overspread.transitive

• Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, / Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers