berth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: berth	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for berth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
berth n a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" Synonym(s): position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation a place where a craft can be made fast Synonym(s): mooring, moorage, berth, slip a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers Synonym(s): berth, bunk, built in bed v provide with a berth secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" Synonym(s): moor, berth, tie up come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" Synonym(s): moor, berth, wharf
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Berth \Berth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berthed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berthing}.] 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide. 2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Berth \Berth\, n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. [bd]He has a good berth.[b8] --Totten. 3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in. {Berth deck}, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {To give} (the land or any object) {a wide berth}, to keep at a distance from it.