Dock

Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
  • (n.) The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.
  • (n.) A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
  • (v. t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
  • (v. t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
  • (v. t.) To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
  • (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.
  • (n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
  • (n.) The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
  • (v. t.) To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

Compare dock with other words:

dock vs. pock

dock vs. drock

dock vs. hock

basin vs. dock

dock vs. sock

dock vs. donk

dock vs. nock

dock vs. dork

dock vs. jock

dock vs. rock

dock vs. mock

dock vs. valve

dock vs. take

dock vs. watershed

dock vs. null

connote vs. dock

dock vs. utricle

berthage vs. dock

dock vs. undock

dock vs. sorrel

dock vs. exactly

dock vs. tame

canis vs. dock

dock vs. shipyard

dock vs. key

dock vs. wharfage

dock vs. right

dock vs. per

behaved vs. dock

context vs. dock

dock vs. jetty

dock vs. nickname

dock vs. seaport

camber vs. dock

dock vs. pontoon

dock vs. fiddle

dock vs. harbor

accused vs. dock

dock vs. element

dock vs. drag

dock vs. harbour

dock vs. land

dock vs. moorage

dock vs. mooring

dock vs. wharf

dock vs. slip

dock vs. switch

application vs. dock

dock vs. launch

dock vs. hardware

autonomy vs. dock

appliance vs. dock

dock vs. portable

device vs. dock

base vs. dock

dock vs. restaurant

dock vs. hotel

dock vs. pier

dock vs. shore

dock vs. vessel

dock vs. reduce

deduct vs. dock

animal vs. dock

dock vs. section

case vs. dock

dock vs. leather

dock vs. docked

buttocks vs. dock

dock vs. tail

buckwheat vs. dock

burdock vs. dock

dock vs. weed

bob vs. dock

curtail vs. dock

dock vs. quay

dock vs. port

cad vs. dock