docks

Meanings

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 solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
• a short or shortened tail of certain animals
• plural of dock
• A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices

Verb

• come into dock
• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
• deduct from someone's wages
• remove or shorten the tail of an animal
• maneuver into a dock
• third-person singular simple present indicative of dock

Synonyms

bob, bobtail, dock, dockage, docking facility, loading dock, pier, sorrel, sour grass, tail, wharf, wharfage

Antonyms

undock