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dock
1[ dok ]
noun
- a landing pier.
- the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.
- such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.
- a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.
- an airplane hangar or repair shed.
- Also called scene dock. a place in a theater near the stage or beneath the floor of the stage for the storage of scenery.
verb (used with object)
- to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.
- to place in dry dock, as for repairs, cleaning, or painting.
- to join (a space vehicle) with another or with a space station in outer space.
verb (used without object)
- to come or go into a dock or dry dock.
- (of two space vehicles) to join together in outer space.
dock
2[ dok ]
noun
- the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.
- the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping.
verb (used with object)
- to cut off the end of; cut short:
to dock a tail.
- to cut short the tail of:
to dock a horse.
- to deduct from the wages of, usually as a punishment:
The boss docked him a day's pay.
- to deduct from (wages):
The boss docked his paycheck $20.
dock
3[ dok ]
noun
- the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
dock
4[ dok ]
noun
- any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius bitter dock or R. acetosa sour dock, having long taproots.
- any of various other plants, mostly coarse weeds.
dock
1/ dɒk /
noun
- a wharf or pier
- a space between two wharves or piers for the mooring of ships
- an area of water that can accommodate a ship and can be closed off to allow regulation of the water level
- short for dry dock
- short for scene dock
- a platform from which lorries, goods trains, etc, are loaded and unloaded
verb
- to moor (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) to be moored at a dock
- to put (a vessel) into a dry dock for repairs or (of a vessel) to come into a dry dock
- (of two spacecraft) to link together in space or link together (two spacecraft) in space
dock
2/ dɒk /
noun
- the bony part of the tail of an animal, esp a dog or sheep
- the part of an animal's tail left after the major part of it has been cut off
verb
- to remove (the tail or part of the tail) of (an animal) by cutting through the bone
to dock a tail
to dock a horse
- to deduct (an amount) from (a person's wages, pension, etc)
they docked a third of his wages
dock
3/ dɒk /
noun
- an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused sits or stands during his trial
dock
4/ dɒk /
noun
- any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers and typically broad leaves
- any of several similar or related plants
Word History and Origins
Origin of dock1
Origin of dock2
Origin of dock3
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dock1
Origin of dock2
Origin of dock3
Origin of dock4
Idioms and Phrases
- in the dock, being tried in a court, especially a criminal court; on trial.
More idioms and phrases containing dock
see in the dock .Example Sentences
San Diego–based Mesa Biotech, for instance, received RADx funding to manufacture a PCR test that replaces an entire clinical lab with a handheld dock and a single-use cartridge.
With the Talis test, samples are placed in a cassette, popped into a specialized dock, and analyzed in just 30 minutes.
Charge several devices, listen to music, connect to the internet when there’s no Wi-Fi, and protect your dock with security lock support.
Further, researchers use supercomputers to figure out by simulation the different shapes formed by the target binding sites and then virtually dock compounds to each shape.
So we went behind the building in the loading dock, all of us got really high.
The 26 were beaten by the bailiffs as they filed into a caged dock, sobbing, on Dec. 21.
Once the ships that rescued them dock at port, they disembark.
Lupher says the Carnival Magic tried to land in Cozumel, but that the Mexican authorities blocked them from the dock.
As he was taken down from the dock to be driven to prison he was downcast, as anyone would be who was publicly sacrificed.
And this capsule will be able to dock itself, without needing the ISS to grab ahold and guide it in.
William Kidd with others executed at Execution dock, London, for piracy.
It was no new region to me, nor was I ignorant of the specified drinking den on the dock to which I had been directed.
It was a peculiar, narrow little dock, completely rock-bound, except for the passage leading into it.
It was a head such as one may see in the dock at certain criminal trials that are held with closed doors.
Then on board the Prince, now in the dock, and indeed it has one and no more rich cabins for carved work, but no gold in her.
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