berthed

verb

past tense of berth
as in moored

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  1. moored
  2. docked
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  • By the time Noe and his sons were back home and had moored the boat to their wharf on the narrow pass that separated Cheniere Disparue from the mainland, the last low clouds of the front hung over the Gulf.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
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  • Celebrate the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon mission, specifically the splashdown and recovery of the astronauts by the USS Hornet, now a floating museum docked in Alameda.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • Visitors can now see 60 ships representing 20 countries docked across Boston.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of docked
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“Berthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berthed. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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