a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
a support for two adjacent bridge spans
(architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
STREAM
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
to extend, wave or
WHARF
moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"
come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"
store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise"
provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats