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dock

English

  1. 🔊 the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
  2. 🔊 landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired
    “the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late”
  3. 🔊 an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
  4. 🔊 a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
  5. 🔊 any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
  6. 🔊 a short or shortened tail of certain animals
  7. 🔊 a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
  8. 🔊 maneuver into a dock
    “dock the ships”
  9. 🔊 remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  10. 🔊 come into dock
    “the ship docked”
  11. 🔊 deduct from someone's wages
  12. 🔊 deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

Spanish

  1. 🔊 dique dock
  2. 🔊 arribar to dock
  3. 🔊 aportar to dock, to enter into a port

Similar words

bobtail bob dockage docking facility loading dock pier wharf wharfage sorrel sour grass tail bob l r abbreviate abridge abscind abstract acting area alight amputate anchor anchorage anchorage ground