dock
/dɑk/
noun
- A structure built over or next to water where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired.
- The cargo ship pulled into the dock to unload its containers.
- The old wooden dock needed repairs after the storm.
- We walked along the dock and watched the fishing boats come in.
- A platform where trains, buses, or trucks load and unload passengers or goods.
- The bus pulled up to the loading dock at the back of the store.
- Trucks backed up to the warehouse dock to deliver supplies.
- Passengers waited on the dock for the train to arrive.
- The place in a courtroom where the person accused of a crime sits or stands.
- The defendant stood nervously in the dock as the verdict was read.
- He spent three days in the dock during his trial.
- The lawyer approached the dock to speak with her client.
verb
- To bring a ship or boat into a dock.
- We docked the sailboat at the marina for the night.
- The ferry docks at the terminal every hour.
- The captain carefully docked the ship in the narrow harbor.
- To connect a spacecraft with another spacecraft or a space station.
- The two spacecraft docked successfully in orbit.
- Astronauts practiced docking maneuvers in the simulator.
- The space capsule docked with the International Space Station.
- To take away part of someone's wages, especially as a punishment.
- They docked my wages to cover the cost of the damaged equipment.
- The company docked his pay for arriving late to work.
- Her boss docked her a day's salary for missing the meeting.
- To cut short an animal's tail or ears.
- The farmer docked the lambs' tails to prevent infection.
- Some breeds of dogs have their ears docked for cosmetic reasons.
- The veterinarian docked the puppy's tail when it was a few days old.
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