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noun

• 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. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

  Example: to swab the deck

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

• A pack or set of playing cards.

• (by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.

• A set of slides for a presentation.

• A heap or store.

• A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.

• The floor.

  Example: We hit the deck as bullets began to fly.

verb

• To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

• To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

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

• To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.

verb

• (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance

• (sometimes with out) To decorate (something).

• To cover; to overspread.