deck
part of speech
noun (deck, decks); verb (deck, decks, decked — to decorate)
meaning for a pupil
1) A deck is a set of playing cards. A usual deck has 52 cards. tree →
2) A deck is a floor of a ship or bus, like the top deck. tree →
3) A deck is a wooden floor outside a house. tree →
4) To deck is to decorate, as in «deck the halls». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh it means to adorn or dress with fine things, not part of a ship. Interpretation: Job's call to deck oneself with glory is read as God challenging Job to show if he has such power. Ezekiel's picture shows God adorning Jerusalem. In the primary lessons: maths: a set of cards (52 in a usual deck, in 4 suits of 13), or an area to build or paint (area = length × width); dealing equally means divide; chance of drawing a card; everyday life: card games, the top deck of a bus, sitting on the deck in summer; stories: sailors on the deck of a ship
examples
- Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty. (Writings JOB.40.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. (Writings PRO.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. (Prophets EZK.16.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- A deck has 52 cards. tree →
- She dealt the deck equally to 4 players. tree →
- He paints a deck that is 10 feet by 12 feet. tree →
- They have 3 decks of cards. tree →
- We sat on the top deck of the bus. tree →
- The sailors stood on the deck. tree →
- Shuffle the deck before you deal. tree →
- Deck the halls with holly. tree →
- Ralph the Rover walked the deck. tree →
note
A hidden number: a standard deck is 52 cards. As a wooden floor it is an area problem. Trap: dealing a deck equally means divide by the number of players (52 ÷ 4 = 13). British English says «pack of cards» too.
In the corpora
- They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
- I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
- I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
- Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
- "Not playing with a full deck" (US) means stupid or a bit mad.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «deck» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.