undock

un·dock

verb

un·docked, un·dock·ing, un·docks

verb

transitive

To move (a ship) away from a dock.
To uncouple (spacecraft).

verb

intransitive

To become uncoupled; separate.

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present undocks, present participle undocking, simple past and past participle undocked)

To remove a ship from a dock.
(computing) To remove from a docking station.
After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.
(computing) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.

Origin

un- +"Ž dock

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