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Definition of 'dock'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) dock
a landing pier.

2.  dock
the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.

3.  dock
such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.

4.  dock
a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.

5. (v.t.) dock
to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.

6.  dock
to place in dry dock, as for repairs or painting.

7.  dock
to join (an orbiting space vehicle) with another spacecraft or with a space station.

8. (v.i.) dock
to come or go into a dock.

9.  dock
(of two space vehicles) to join together while in orbit.

10. (n.) dock
the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.

11.  dock
the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping.

12. (v.t.) dock
to cut off the end of; cut short:
to dock a tail.

13.  dock
to cut short the tail of.

14.  dock
to deduct a part from (wages).

15.  dock
to deduct from the wages of, usu. as a punishment.

16.  dock
to deprive of something regularly enjoyed:
The campers were docked for disobeying their counselor.

17. (n.) dock
the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.

18. (n.) dock
any of various weedy plants of the genus Rumex, buckwheat family, having a long taproot and clusters of small flowers.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME dokke, OE docce; c. MD docke, MHG tocke)

Definition of 'dock'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dock
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

2. (noun) dock, sorrel, sour grass
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

3. (noun) pier, wharf, wharfage, dock
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

4. (noun) dock, loading dock
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

5. (noun) dock, dockage, docking facility
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
"the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"

6. (noun) dock
the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

7. (verb) bobtail, bob, dock
a short or shortened tail of certain animals

8. (verb) dock
come into dock
"the ship docked"

9. (verb) dock
deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

10. (verb) dock
deduct from someone's wages

11. (verb) dock, tail, bob
remove or shorten the tail of an animal

12. (verb) dock
maneuver into a dock
"dock the ships"

Definition of 'dock'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) dock
a platform sticking out from land into a body of water
a sailboat tied up at the dock

2. dock
the docks
the section of a port where the docks are

Definition of 'dock'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) dock
a genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination

2. (noun) dock
the solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting

3. (noun) dock
a case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse

4. (noun) dock
an artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide

5. (noun) dock
the slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock

6. (noun) dock
the place in court where a criminal or accused person stands

7. (verb) dock
to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse

8. (verb) dock
to cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages

9. (verb) dock
to cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail

10. (verb) dock
to draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc

Translation of 'dock'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a deepened part of a harbour etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc The ship was in dock for three weeks.
Afrikaans: droogdok	Arabic: حَوْض تَحْميل وتَفْريغ ال	Bulgarian: док
Brazilian: doca	Czech: dok	German: das Dock
Danish: dok	Greek: αποβάθρα, δεξαμενή	Spanish: muelle
Estonian: dokk	Farsi: اسکله؛ لنگرگاه	Finnish: telakka, satama-allas
French: bassin	Hebrew: מֶזָח	Hindi: घाट, जहाज गोदाम
Croatian: dok, brodogradilište	Hungarian: dokk	Indonesian: galangan
Icelandic: viðlegustaður; skipakví,	Italian: scalo d'approdo*	Japanese: ドック
Korean: 선거(船渠)	Lithuanian: dokas	Latvian: doks
Malay: dok	Dutch: dok	Norwegian: dokk, havn
Polish: dok	Persian: اسکله؛ لنگرگاه	Pashto: د لنګر اچولو ځای
Portuguese: doca	Romanian: doc	Russian: док
Slovak: dok	Slovenian: dok	Serbian: dok
Swedish: docka, hamnbassäng	Thai: อู่เรือ	Turkish: dok, rıhtım
Taiwanese: 船塢	Ukrainian: док	Urdu: بندرگاہ کی گودی
Vietnamese: vũng tàu đậu	Chinese: 船坞
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