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  • English Word Deck Definition A pack or set of playing cards.
  • English Word Deck Definition A heap or store.
  • English Word Decked Definition of Deck
  • English Word Deckel Definition Same as Deckle.
  • English Word Decker Definition One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
  • English Word Decker Definition A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
  • English Word Decking Definition of Deck
  • English Word Deckle Definition A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.
  • English Word Declaim Definition To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
  • English Word Declaim Definition To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
  • English Word Declaim Definition To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
  • English Word Declaim Definition To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.
  • English Word Declaimant Definition A declaimer.
  • English Word Declaimed Definition of Declaim
  • English Word Declaimer Definition One who declaims; an haranguer.
  • English Word Declaiming Definition of Declaim
  • English Word Declamation Definition The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
  • English Word Declamation Definition A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
  • English Word Declamation Definition Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
  • English Word Declamator Definition A declaimer.
  • English Word Declamatory Definition Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
  • English Word Declamatory Definition Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
  • English Word Declarable Definition Capable of being declared.
  • English Word Declarant Definition One who declares.
  • English Word Declaration Definition The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
  • English Word Declaration Definition That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
  • English Word Declaration Definition The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
  • English Word Declaration Definition That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.
  • English Word Declarative Definition Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.
  • English Word Declaratively Definition By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.