dock

1. (verb) haul into a dock; "dock the ships"
Related Words: direct, drydock, guide, head, maneuver, manouevre, point, steer
Antonyms: undock

2. (verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Synonyms: bob, tail
Related Words: cut

3. (verb) come into dock, as of a ship
Related Words: come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into
Antonyms: undock

4. (verb) deduct from someone's wages
Related Words: deduct, recoup, withhold

5. (verb) deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
Related Words: deprive

6. (noun) the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
Related Words: body part

7. (noun) a landing place where ships are loaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
Synonyms: dockage, docking facility
Related Words: dry dock, graving dock, landing, landing place, marina

8. (noun) an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
Related Words: enclosure

9. (noun) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Synonyms: sorrel, sour grass
Related Words: French sorrel, Rumex acetosa, Rumex acetosella, Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex scutatus, bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, garden sorrel, herb, herbaceous plant, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel, sour dock, yellow dock

10. (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals
Synonyms: bob, bobtail
Related Words: tail

11. (noun) a landing for docking and (un)loading ships
Synonyms: wharf, wharfage
Related Words: landing, landing place, quay



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