Dock Definition
dŏk
docked, docking, docks
noun
docks
A large structure or excavated basin for receiving ships, equipped with gates to keep water in or out.
Webster's New World
A landing pier; wharf.
Webster's New World
The area of water between two landing piers.
Webster's New World
A floating platform attached to a mooring and used as a rest or play area when swimming.
American Heritage
A platform or door at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.
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Synonyms:
- sour-grass
- sorrel
- loading dock
- docking facility
- dockage
- wharf
- wharfage
- pier
- bob
- bobtail
- embarcadero
- repair dock
- floating dock
- ferry slip
- dry-dock
verb
docked, docking, docks
To bring or pilot (a ship) to or into a dock and moor it.
Webster's New World
To come to or into a dock and moor.
Webster's New World
To cut off the end of (a tail, etc.); clip or bob.
Webster's New World
To join up with another vehicle in outer space.
Webster's New World
To join (vehicles) together in outer space.
Webster's New World
pronoun
(US, rare, dated) A male given name or nickname.
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idiom
in the dock
- On trial or under intense scrutiny.
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dock
Origin of Dock
Early Modern English dok area of mud in which a ship can rest at low tide, dock Middle Dutch docke area of water between two piers or alongside a pier, of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Obsolete Flemish docke cage
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English dok
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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