<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural wharves [wawrvz, hwawrvz], wharfs.</li><li>a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.</li><li>Obsolete. a riverbank.</li><li>the shore of the sea.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to provide with a wharf or wharves.</li><li>to place or store on a wharf: The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.</li><li>to accommodate at or bring to a wharf: The new structure will wharf several vessels.</li><li>(used without object) to tie up at a wharf; dock: The ship wharfed in the early morning.</li></ul>