dock

Meanings

Plural: docks

Noun

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
• 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"
• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
• a short or shortened tail of certain animals
• Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
• A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
• The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.
• The buttocks or anus.
• A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
• A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
• The body of water next to and around a pier.
• The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
• A section of a hotel or restaurant.
• A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
• A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications by their icons, and switching between running applications.
• An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.
• Ellipsis of scene-dock.
• Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

Verb

• come into dock
  • "the ship docked"
• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
• deduct from someone's wages
• remove or shorten the tail of an animal
• maneuver into a dock
  • "dock the ships"
• To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
• To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
• To reduce the wages of (a person).
• To cut off, bar, or destroy.
• To pierce holes, as pricking dough with a fork, to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
• To land at a harbour.
• To join two moving items.
• To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
• To engage in docking; to insert the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant.
• To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
• To place (an electronic device) in its dock.

Synonyms

berth, bob, bobtail, dockage, docking facility, dockyard, harbor, harbour, loading dock, pier, quay, slip, sorrel, sour grass, tail, wharf, wharfage

Antonyms

undock