dock

dock ¹  (dk)

n.

1. The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a ship for loading, unloading, or repairs.

2. A pier; a wharf.

3. A group of piers on a commercial waterfront that serve as a general landing area for ships or boats. Often used in the plural.

4. A platform at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.

v. docked, dock·ing, docks

v.tr.

1. To maneuver (a vessel or vehicle) into or next to a dock.

2. To couple (two or more spacecraft, for example) in space.

v.intr.

To move or come into a dock.

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[Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch doc, from dken, to go under water, dive.]

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dock ²  (dk)

n.

1. The solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail.

2. The tail of an animal after it has been bobbed or clipped.

tr.v. docked, dock·ing, docks

1. To clip short or cut off (an animal's tail, for example).

2. To deprive of a benefit or a part of one's wages, especially as a punishment: The company docks its employees for unauthorized absences.

3. To withhold or deduct a part from (one's salary or wages).

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[Middle English dok.]

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dock ³  (dk)

n.

An enclosed place where the defendant stands or sits in a court of law.

Idiom:

in the dock

On trial or under intense scrutiny.

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[Obsolete Flemish docke, cage.]

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dock ¹

Noun

1. an enclosed area of water where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired

2. a wharf or pier

Verb

1. to moor or be moored at a dock

2. to link (two spacecraft) or (of two spacecraft) to be linked together in space [Middle Dutch docke]

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dock ²

Verb

1. to deduct (an amount) from (a person's wages)

2. to remove part of (an animal's tail) by cutting through the bone [Middle English dok]

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dock ³

Noun

an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused person sits or stands [Flemish dok sty]

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dock ⁴

Noun

a weed with broad leaves [Old English docce]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dock - an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	dock - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine sour grass, sorrel herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Rumex, Rumex - docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions Rumex acetosa, sour dock, garden sorrel - European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens Rumex acetosella, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel - small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, Rumex obtusifolius, yellow dock - European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America French sorrel, garden sorrel, Rumex scutatus - low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
	3.	dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats pier, wharf, wharfage bitt, bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a river platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" quay - wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline shipside - the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
	4.	dock - a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded loading dock platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
	5.	dock - 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" docking facility, dockage dry dock, drydock, graving dock - a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline landing place, landing - structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods marina - a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers harbor, harbour, seaport, haven - a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
	6.	dock - the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
	7.	dock - a short or shortened tail of certain animals bobtail, bob tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
Verb	1.	dock - come into dock; "the ship docked" moor, berth, wharf - come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" undock - move out of a dock; "We docked at noon"
	2.	dock - deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
	3.	dock - deduct from someone's wages deduct, withhold, recoup - retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
	4.	dock - remove or shorten the tail of an animal tail, bob cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	5.	dock - maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships" dry-dock, drydock - maneuver (a ship) into a drydock channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling undock - take (a ship) out of a dock; "undock the ship"

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dock ¹

noun 1. port, haven, harbour, pier, wharf, quay, waterfront, anchorage

verb 2. moor, land, anchor, put in, tie up, berth, drop anchor

verb 3. (of a spacecraft) link up, unite, join, couple, rendezvous, hook up

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dock ²

verb 1. cut, reduce, decrease, diminish, lessen << OPPOSITE increase

verb 2. deduct, subtract

verb 3. cut off, crop, clip, shorten, curtail, cut short

Translations

dock [dɔk] n (NAUT) (= wharf); dársena, muelle m;

(LAW) → banquillo (de los acusados);

docks npl → muelles mpl; puerto sg

vi (= enter dock) → atracar (en el muelle)

vt [+ pay etc] → descontar

dock [dɔk] n → dock m (= wharf); quai m;

(Law) → banc m des accusés

vi → se mettre à quai;

(Space) → s'arrimer

vt they docked a third of his wages → ils lui ont retenu or décompté un tiers de son salaire;

docks npl (Naut) → docks

dock [dɔk] n → Dock nt;

(Law) → Anklagebank f;

(Bot) → Ampfer m

vi → anlegen;

(Space) → docken

vt they docked a third of his wages → sie kürzten seinen Lohn um ein Drittel;

docks npl (Naut) → Hafen m

dock [dɔk] n → bacino (= wharf); molo;

(LAW) → banco degli imputati

vi → entrare in bacino

vt [+ pay etc] → decurtare

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dock¹

n dock [dok]

1 a deepened part of a harbour etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc The ship was in dock for three weeks.droogdokحَوْض تَحْميل وتَفْريغ السُّفُنдокdokdokdas Dockαποβάθρα, δεξαμενήmuelledokkاسکله؛ لنگرگاهtelakka, satama-allasbassinמֶזָחघाट, जहाज गोदामdok, brodogradilištedokkgalanganviðlegustaður; skipakví, hafnarbakki, bryggjascalo d'approdo*ドック부두, 선거dokasdoksdokdokdokk, havndokdocadocдокdokdokdokdocka, hamnbassängอู่เรือdok, rıhtım碼頭докبندرگاہ کی گودیvũng tàu đậu码头

2 the area surrounding this He works down at the docks.skeepsdokحَوْض أو رَصيف السُّفُنпристанищеdokydokkerneder Hafenαποβάθραmuelledokkبندرگاهsatama-aluequaisרָצִיףघाटpristaništekikötő, dokkokdermagahafnarsvæði, höfnmolo波止場부두 일대, 항만 시설 전체dokasdokslimbunganhavenhavn, dokkområdedokdocasplatformăпричалdok, prístavpristaniščedokovihamnท่าเรือrıhtım, doklar船塢портовий басейнبندرگھاٹ کا احاطہbến tàu船坞

3 the box in a law court where the accused person sits or stands. beskuldigdebankقَفَص الأتِّهامподсъдима скамейкаlavice obžalovanýchanklagebænkdie Anklagebankεδώλιο κατηγορουμένουbanquillo (de los acusados)süüpinkمحل قرارگیری متهمsyytetyn aitausbanc des accusésסָפסָל הַנֶאֱשָמִיםकटघराoptuženička klupa,ograđeni prostor za optuženogvádlottak padjabangku terdakwasakamannabekkurbanco degli imputati*被告席피고인석kaltinamųjų suolasapsūdzēto solskandangbeklaagdenbanktiltalebenkława oskarżonychbanco dos réusboxă a acuzaţilorскамья подсудимыхlavica obžalovanýchzatožna klopoptuženička klupaförhörsbåsคอกสำหรับให้ผู้ถูกกล่าวหายืนหรือนั่งในศาลsanık yeri刑事法庭被告席лава підсуднихعدالت کا کٹگھراghế bị cáo刑事法庭被告席

v

to (cause to) enter a dock and tie up alongside a quay The liner docked in Southampton this morning.dok, vasmeerيُرسي السَّفينَهвлизам в докvjet do dokudokkelandenδένω (για πλοίο)atracarsildumaپهلو گرفتن؛ لنگر انداختنsaapua satamaan(se) mettre à quaiלַעֲגוֹןघाट में खड़ा करनाpristatikikötbersandarleggja að bryggjuattraccare波止場につける부두에 들어가다; 부두에 들어가게 하다įplaukti į dokąnovietot/iebraukt dokāpasunganmerendokke, legge til, gå i dokkdokować, wpłynąć do dokuatracara acostaвходить в докvplávať do dokuprivezati (se) v pristaniščuuplovitita[] in i docka, gå in i dockaเทียบท่าrıhtıma yanaş(tır)mak入碼頭ставити судно в докبندرگاہ میں کھڑا کرناcập bến入码头

n ˈdocker

a person who works in the docks. dokwerkerعامِل في رَصيف السُّفُنдокерdokař, přístavní dělníkdokarbejderder Hafenarbeiterλιμενεργάτηςestibadordokitöölineباربر لنگرگاه؛ کارگر کشتیsatamatyöläinendébardeur/-euseסָוָורगोदी-मजदूरlučki radnikdokkmunkáskuli pelabuhanhafnarverkamaðurportuale, scaricatore di porto港湾労働者항만 노동자dokininkasdokerispekerja limbunganhavenarbeiderdokkarbeider, sjauerdokerestivadordocherдокерrobotník v doku, dokárdelavec v pristaniščulučki radnikhamnarbetareกรรมกรท่าเรือliman işçisi碼頭工人докер, портовий робітникبندرگاہ میں کام کرنے والا شخصcông nhân bốc xếp ở bến tàu码头工人

n ˈdockyard

a naval harbour with docks, stores etc. skeepswerfمُنْشَأ بَحْري، ترْسانَهпристанищеloděniceværftdie Werftναυπηγείο, ναύσταθμοςastillerodokkتعمیرگاه یا انبار کشتی هاtelakkachantier navalמִספָּנָהगोदीnutarnja luka, spremištehajógyárpelabuhanskipasmíðastöðcantiere navale海軍造船所부두 주변의 선박 수리장prieplaukakuģu būvētava; kuģu remonta rūpnīcalimbunganwerf(skips)verftstoczniaestaleiroşantier navalверфьlodenicaladjedelnicabrodogradilištevarvบริเวณอู่เรือtersane, dok船舶修造廠судноремонтний завод, верфجہازوں کے مرمت کی گودیbến tàu船舶修造厂