dock
Meaning of dock
- an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships.
the boat nosed up to a dock
the tanker was coming into dock
dock workers
- a device in which a laptop, smartphone, or other mobile device may be placed for charging, providing access to a power supply and to peripheral devices or auxiliary features; a docking station.
- (of a ship) come into a dock and tie up at a wharf.
the ship docked at Southampton
late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German docke, of unknown origin.
verb- deduct (something, especially an amount of money or a point in a game).
the agency enforce payments by docking money from the father's salary
he was docked a penalty point
- cut short (an animal's tail).
their tails were docked
noun
the solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair.
late Middle English: perhaps related to Frisian dok ‘bunch, ball (of string etc.)’ and German Docke ‘doll’. The original noun sense was ‘the solid part of an animal's tail’, whence the verb sense ‘cut short an animal's tail’, later generalized to ‘reduce, deduct’.
noun- the enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant stands or sits.
the nine others in the dock face a combination of charges
late 16th century: probably originally slang and related to Flemish dok ‘chicken coop, rabbit hutch’, of unknown origin.
noun
a coarse weed of temperate regions, with inconspicuous greenish or reddish flowers. The leaves are used to relieve nettle stings.
Old English docce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dialect dokke .
Information about dock
- The plural form of dock is: docks.
- Languages in which dock is used:
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Hyphenation of dock
dock
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- dock is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
dock synonyms
Meaning sorrel:
Meaning pier:
Meaning dockage:
Meaning bobtail:
Meaning tail:
Meaning a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures:
Meaning a specially designed harbour with moorings for pleasure yachts and small boats:
Meaning a part of a town that borders the sea or a lake or river:
Meaning a harbour:
Meaning an area off the coast which is suitable for a ship to anchor:
Meaning a stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships:
Meaning a landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored:
Meaning an area with docks and equipment for repairing and maintaining ships:
Meaning an enclosed area of land where boats are built or stored:
Meaning a landing place or small port for ships or boats:
Meaning the action of mooring a boat or ship to the shore or to an anchor:
Meaning a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather:
Meaning (of a ship) dock:
Meaning put (someone or something) on land from a boat:
Meaning run or haul up (a boat or ship) on to a beach:
Meaning moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor:
Meaning subtract or take away (an amount or part) from a total:
Meaning take away (a number or amount) from another to calculate the difference:
Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:
Meaning (of a bank or other financial organization) remove (an amount of money) from a customer's account:
Meaning deduct an amount from (the usual price of something):
Meaning with the subtraction of:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:
Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning make or become shorter:
Meaning cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short:
Meaning cut off (a branch, limb, or twig) from the main body of a tree:
Meaning a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance:
Meaning shorten the duration or extent of:
Meaning cut off (a limb) by surgical operation:
Meaning disengage (something or part of something) and remove it:
Meaning break the connection of or between:
Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning divide or sever (something):
dock antonyms
Meaning join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount:
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Translation of dock
- Italian: bacino, darsena, attraccare, ormeggiare
- French: bassin, quai
- Spanish: atracadero, dársena, atracar
- German: Dock
Words that rhyme with dock
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