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Meanings of wharves in English
Synonyms
Examples for "wharf"
Examples for "wharf"
1
He looked Mayo over in calculating fashion; he stared up the wharf.
2
The government gave twenty million dollars towards the purchase of the wharf.
3
But many residents say growth is the last thing the wharf needs.
4
The Antelope had left the wharf at about seven in the morning.
5
She goes out to the left, in the direction of the wharf.
1
Djedefhor usually patrolled the quay, but today the soldiers were all strangers.
2
He recognized her even in the dull light of the quay lamps.
3
On the quay are the landing-stages, the custom-house and the railway station.
4
They had all gone off to the quay early in the morning.
5
He found himself on the quay: he was alone; he was free.
1
As we turned away from the staithe, Lodbrok took my arm, asking me where he might find shelter.
2
Then was a wondrous welcome for us on our little staithe, and all the village crowded down to greet us.
3
The moon had risen by the time we came there, and I could see a large fishing boat at the staithe, and, alas!
4
Staithes-grinning ,itwas true, in apparent friendliness; but still... Anthony was disturbed.
5
I sailed out this evening, hired a boat at Brancaster Staithe.
1
A tackle hooked to one of the baulks of timber forming the staith was being hauled at by five women and two men!
Usage of wharves in English
1
Right now the village's wharves would be well above the water line.
2
Parts are stamped out in the factories and assembled at the wharves.
3
There will be dancing in the wharves every night of the week.
4
The sight of the wharves and the ships seemed to stun her.
5
The wharves along the river side became the scene of immense activity.
6
Already the ends of the wharves were white with groups of natives.
7
They may construct and control public wharves, and regulate and license ferries.
8
The waterfront contains rough wharves and is lined with storehouses and factories.
9
We skirt the shore of this busy water, with its wharves, etc.
10
She dropped sail as she ran alongside the busy wharves of Goletta.
11
City of wharves and stores-cityof tall façades of marble and iron!
12
He owned a fish and chip shop and worked on the wharves.
13
Nothing that happens off the wharves has any power to move them.
14
Yet the surges are wont to deal very tenderly with these wharves.
15
At Hamburg the Hamburg-American Line wharves were mobilised for submarine construction also.
16
They broke through their opponents, and began a rush to the wharves.
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Wharves through the time
Wharves across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common