berth

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Sufficient space for a vessel to maneuver; sea room.
• noun A space for a vessel to dock or anchor.
• noun Employment on a vessel.
• noun A job.
• noun A built-in bed or bunk, as on a ship or a train.
• noun A place to sleep or stay; accommodations.
• noun A space where a vehicle can be parked, as for loading.
• intransitive verb To bring (a vessel) to a berth.
• intransitive verb To provide with a berth.
• intransitive verb To come to a berth; dock.
• idiom (a wide berth) Ample space or distance to avoid an unwanted consequence.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun An obsolete spelling of birth.
• Nautical: To assign or allot anchoring-ground to; give space to lie in, as a ship in a dock.
• To allot a berth or berths to: as, to berth a ship's company.
• To board; cover with boards: chiefly in ship-building.
• noun Nautical: Sea-room; space kept or to be kept for safety or convenience between a vessel under sail and other vessels or the shore, rocks, etc.: especially in the phrases, also used figuratively, to give a good, clear, or wide berth to, keep a wide berth of (to keep clear of, keep well away from).
• noun Room for a vessel to turn around or to ride at anchor.
• noun A station in which a ship lies or can lie, whether at anchor or at a wharf.
• noun A room or an apartment in a ship where a number of officers or men mess and reside.
• noun The shelf-like space allotted to a passenger in a vessel (and hence in a railroad sleeping-car) as a sleeping-place; a sailor's bunk on board ship; a place for a hammock, or a repository for chests.
• noun A post or an appointment; situation; employment: as, he has got a good berth at last.
• To find a berth for; provide with a “job” or “situation.”
• To occupy as living-quarters on shipboard: used with in.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth.
• transitive verb To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard.
• noun Convenient sea room.
• noun A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
• noun The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.
• noun An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
• noun A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.
• noun the deck next below the lower gun deck.
• noun to keep at a distance from it.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
• noun Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
• noun A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
• noun A job or position, especially on a ship.
• noun sports Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
• noun sports position on the field of play
• verb transitive to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
• verb transitive to assign a berth (bunk or position) to

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
• noun a job in an organization
• verb secure in or as if in a berth or dock
• verb come into or dock at a wharf
• noun a place where a craft can be made fast
• verb provide with a berth