(broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
(broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
(broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
(broadly) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.
(broadly) An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.
(broadly) A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
(broadly) A place for a vehicle on land to park.
(figuratively) An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
(figuratively) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
(figuratively, slang) A proper place for a thing.
(figuratively) A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
(figuratively) A position on a field of play.

(transitive) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
(specifically, transitive) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
(broadly, transitive) To assign (someone) a berth (noun sense 1.3 or sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.
(figuratively, transitive) To provide (someone) with a berth (noun sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
(intransitive, reflexive) Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
(broadly, intransitive) Of a person: to occupy a berth.

Chiefly in shipbuilding: to construct (a ship or part of it) using wooden boards or planks; to board, to plank.

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