dock
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dock (plural docks)
- A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
- The body of water between two piers or wharves.
- A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
- Any plant in the genus Rumex.
- Part of a courtroom where accused sits.
- A section of a hotel or restaurant, as in coffee dock
- The root of an animal's tail, also what remains after the tail has been docked.
- (slang, Scots) (also doc) the buttocks or anus.
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body of water between two piers or wharves
(of a ship) Being in the harbour area
action of joining two items together
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action of reducing wages
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part of a courtroom where the accused sits
male given name
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to dock (third-person singular simple present docks, present participle docking, simple past and past participle docked)
- (intransitive) To land at a harbour.
- To join two moving items.
- To cut off a section of an animal's tail.
- To reduce wages; to deduct.
- (transitive, computing) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
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To join two moving items
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