(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you give someone or something a wide ~, you avoid them because you think they are unpleasant, or dangerous, or simply because you do not like them.
She gives showbiz parties a wide ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
2.
A ~ is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
Goldring booked a ~ on the first boat he could.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is a space in a harbour where a ship stays for a period of time.
= mooring
N-COUNT
4.
When a ship ~s, it sails into harbour and stops at the quay.
As the ship ~ed in New York, McClintock was with the first immigration officers aboard.
VERB: V
~ed
There the Gripsholm was ~ed next to another ship.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ prep