give a wide berth (to)
41berth — See: give a wide berth …
42wide — See: far and wide, give a wide berth …
43Berth — (b[ e]rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship s company mess and reside. (c)… …
44Berth deck — Berth Berth (b[ e]rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship s company mess and… …
45berth — I UK [bɜː(r)θ] / US [bɜrθ] noun [countable] Word forms berth : singular berth plural berths 1) a bed on a train or ship the upper/lower berth 2) a place at a port where a ship stays for a period of time • give someone/something a wide berth… …
46berth — n. 1) to make up a berth 2) a lower; sleeping; upper berth 3) (misc.) to give smb. a wide berth ( to avoid smb. ) * * * [bɜːθ] sleeping upper berth a lower to make up a berth (misc.) to give smb. a wide berth ( to avoid smb. ) …
47wide — wide1 W1S1 [waıd] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(distance)¦ 2¦(variety)¦ 3¦(in many places)¦ 4 a wide variation/difference/gap etc 5 the wider context/issues/picture etc 6¦(eyes)¦ 7 give somebody/something a wide berth 8¦(not hit something)¦ 9 the (big) wide… …
48berth — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)θ[/t]] berths, berthing, berthed 1) PHRASE: V inflects If you give someone or something a wide berth, you avoid them because you think they are unpleasant, or dangerous, or simply because you do not like them. More experienced hands in …
49berth — 1. noun 1) a four berth cabin Syn: bunk, bed, cot, couch, hammock 2) the vessel left its berth Syn: mooring, dock, slip, anchorage; wharf, pier, jetty …
50berth — 1 noun (C) 1 a place where a ship can stop and be tied up 2 a place for someone to sleep in a ship or on a train; bunk 1 (1) see also: give sb/sth a wide berth wide 1 (7) 2 verb (I, T) to bring a ship into a berth or arrive at a berth …
