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Verb (1)

deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)

1. (transitive, uncommon) To furnish with a deck.
   • to deck a vessel
2. (informal, transitive) To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch.
   • Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?
3. (transitive, collectible card games) To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.

Verb (2)

deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)

1. (archaic, sometimes, transitive) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance.
   • And deck my body in gay ornaments, / And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
2. (archaic, sometimes, transitive) To decorate (something).
   • (now the dew with spangles decked the ground)1700, John Dryden, transl., The Flower and the Leaf
3. (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
   • Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, / Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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