berth
verb/bɜːθ/
/bɜːrθ/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they berth | /bɜːθ/ /bɜːrθ/ |
| he / she / it berths | /bɜːθs/ /bɜːrθs/ |
| past simple berthed | /bɜːθt/ /bɜːrθt/ |
| past participle berthed | /bɜːθt/ /bɜːrθt/ |
| -ing form berthing | /ˈbɜːθɪŋ/ /ˈbɜːrθɪŋ/ |
- berth (something) to put a ship in a berth or keep it there; to sail into a berth
- The ship is berthed at Southampton.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘adequate space at sea’): probably from a nautical use of the verb bear + -th.
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