dock
dock (däk)
noun
- a large structure or excavated basin for receiving ships, equipped with gates to keep water in or out
- ☆ a landing pier; wharf
- the area of water between two landing piers
- ☆ a platform at which trucks or freight cars are loaded and unloaded
- ☆ a building, platform, or area for servicing aircraft
Etymology: orig., mud channel made by a vessel's bottom at low tide: hence, dock < MDu docke, channel < It doccia, conduit, canal: see douche
transitive verb
- to bring or pilot (a ship) to or into a dock and moor it
- ☆ to join (vehicles) together in outer space
intransitive verb
- to come to or into a dock and moor
- ☆ to join up with another vehicle in outer space
dock (däk)
noun
Etymology: < Fl docke, dok, hutch, pen, cage
dock (däk)
noun
Etymology: ME dokke < OE docce, akin to MHG tocke, bundle, tuft
dock (däk)
noun
- the solid part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair
- an animal's bobbed tail
Etymology: ME dok < OE -docca or ON dockr, a short, stumpy tail, akin to dock
transitive verb
- to cut off the end of (a tail, etc.); clip or bob
- to shorten the tail of by cutting
- to deduct a part from (wages, etc.)
- to deduct a part from the wages of
- to remove part of
Etymology: ME dokken < the n.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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