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▸ noun:  (nautical) 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.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A job or position on a vessel.
▸ noun:  (by extension)
▸ noun:  An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.
▸ noun:  A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
▸ noun:  (road transport) A place for a vehicle on land to park.
▸ noun:  (figurative)
▸ noun:  An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
▸ noun:  Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
▸ noun:  (chiefly nautical, slang) A proper place for a thing.
▸ noun:  (sports)
▸ noun:  A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
▸ noun:  A position on a field of play.
▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  (nautical) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
▸ verb:  (specifically, astronautics) To use a device to bring (a spacecraft) into its berth or dock.
▸ verb:  (by extension, chiefly passive voice) To assign (someone) a berth (noun sense 1.3 or sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To provide (someone) with a berth (noun sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  (reflexive, nautical) Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
▸ verb:  (by extension) Of a person: to occupy a berth.
▸ verb:  (archaic or historical) Chiefly in shipbuilding: to construct (a ship or part of it) using wooden boards or planks; to board, to plank.

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