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dock

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noun (1)

ˈdäk How to pronounce dock (audio)
plural docks
1
a
: a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials
b
: a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats
2
or docking station : a device in which a smartphone, digital camera, etc., is placed for charging, accessing a power supply, or connecting to another electronic device
3
: a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height
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: slip entry 2 sense 1b
5
: the combining site of a molecular receptor see receptor sense b
Previous research showed that marijuana receptors, specialized proteins that serve as docks for THC, are clustered in regions of the brain known to play a role in movement disorders such as Huntington's disease. Kathleen Fackelmann

dock

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verb (1)

docked; docking; docks

transitive verb

1
: to haul or guide into or alongside a dock
2
: to connect an electronic device (such as a computer or a digital camera) to another device
dock the phone into the computer
3
: to join (two spacecraft) mechanically while in space

intransitive verb

1
: to come into or alongside a dock
2
: to become docked
3
: to combine with a molecular receptor see receptor sense b
These chemical messengers travel across a tiny cleft and dock at receptors along the surface of a muscle fiber. Bruce A. Dobkin

dock

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verb (2)

docked; docking; docks

transitive verb

1
a
: to subject to a deduction
dock someone's wages
b
: to penalize by depriving of a benefit ordinarily due
especially : to fine by a deduction of wages
docked him for tardiness
c
: to take away a part of : abridge
2
a
: to cut (part of an animal, such as the ears or a tail) short
b
: to cut off the end of a body part of
specifically : to remove part of the tail of

dock

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noun (2)

1
: the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened
2
: the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair

dock

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noun (3)

: the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial

dock

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noun (4)

1
: any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs
2
: any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium)
Phrases
in the dock
: on trial

Synonyms

Noun (1)

Verb (1)

Verb (2)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English dokke, probably from Middle Dutch docke

Noun (2)

Middle English dok, perhaps from Old English -docca (as in fingirdocca finger muscle); akin to Old High German tocka doll, Old Norse dokka bundle

Noun (3)

Dutch dialect (Flanders) docke cage

Noun (4)

Middle English, from Old English docce; akin to Middle Dutch docke dock

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb (1)

1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (3)

1586, in the meaning defined above

Noun (4)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dock was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing dock

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