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dock UK [dɒk] US [dɑːk] noun [ docks ]

FOR SHIPS

1. <I > countable an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships
Compare harbour
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Ports and docks
2. docks
plural a group of these areas of water in a port and the buildings around them
• The strike has led to the cancellation of some ferry services and left hundreds of passengers stranded at the docks.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Ports and docks
3. countable US a long platform built over water where passengers can get on or off a boat or where goods can be put on and taken off
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Ports and docks

• The ship sailed into the dock to be refitted.
• My grandfather worked down at the docks, loading and unloading the cargo ships.

LAW
4. the dock mainly UK
the place in a criminal law court where the accused person sits or stands during the trial
• The defendant seemed nervous as he left the dock and stepped up to the witness box.
• The company will find itself in the dock (= in court) if it continues to ignore the pollution regulations.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Law courts

PLANT
5. countable or uncountable a common wild plant with large wide leaves which grows in some northern countries such as Britain
• Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings helps to relieve the pain.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Common plants

verb

REMOVE

1. transitive to remove part of something, especially money
• The University has docked lecturers' pay/wages by 20% because of their refusal to mark examination papers.
• The lambs' tails are docked (= cut short) for hygiene reasons.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cutting off and disconnecting

SHIP

2. intransitive or transitive If a ship docks, it arrives at a dock and if someone docks a ship, they bring it into a dock
• Hundreds of people turned up to see the ship dock at Southampton.
• The Russians and Americans docked (= joined together in space) (their spacecraft) just after one o'clock this morning.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Arriving and departing by boat or ship ↑Arriving, entering and invading