Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wharf
1 sense of wharf
Sense 1
pier, wharf, wharfage, dock -- (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
=> platform -- (a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wharf
5 senses of wharf
Sense 1
wharf -- (provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river")
=> supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")
Sense 2
wharf -- (store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise")
=> store -- (find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some")
Sense 3
wharf -- (discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers")
=> drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge -- (leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel")
Sense 4
moor, berth, wharf -- (come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening")
=> dock -- (come into dock; "the ship docked")
Sense 5
wharf -- (moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed")
=> moor, berth, tie up -- (secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat")