dock
dok
- n an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
- n any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
- n a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- n a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
- n landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late - n the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
- n a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- v come into dock
the ship docked - v deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
- v deduct from someone's wages
- v remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- v maneuver into a dock
dock the ships
- Roomba can now dock itself in the battery charger when batteries are low.
- In the dock, the cables to the Kursk will be lowered, the plugs removed and the sub released Tugboats will then pull the Giant 4 and the pontoons out of the dry dock.
- John Dwyer, a brawny hiring boss on the brawling New York City dock? (and a prototype of Marlon Brando's movie role in On the Waterfront), quit his $10,000-a-year job last year to .