|  dock 
  
 
 1. an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial (Freq. 2)
 • Topics:
 law, jurisprudence
 • Hypernyms:
 enclosure
 2. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
 • Syn:
 sorrel, sour grass
 • Hypernyms:
 herb, herbaceous plant
 • Hyponyms:
 sour dock, garden sorrel, Rumex acetosa, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel,
 sheep's sorrel, bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, yellow dock, Rumex obtusifolius,
 French sorrel, Rumex scutatus
 • Member Holonyms:
 Rumex, genus Rumex
 3. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles;
 provides access to ships and boats
 • Syn:
 pier, wharf, wharfage
 • Derivationally related forms:
 wharf (for: wharfage), wharf (for: wharf)
 • Hypernyms:
 platform
 • Hyponyms:
 levee, quay
 • Part Meronyms:
 bollard, bitt, shipside
 4. a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
 • Syn:
 loading dock
 • Hypernyms:
 platform
 5. 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
 • Syn:
 dockage, docking facility
 • Derivationally related forms:
 dock (for: dockage)
 • Hypernyms:
 landing, landing place
 • Hyponyms:
 dry dock, drydock, graving dock, marina
 • Part Holonyms:
 seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
 6. the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
 • Hypernyms:
 body part
 • Part Holonyms:
 tail
 7. a short or shortened tail of certain animals
 • Syn:
 bobtail, bob
 • Derivationally related forms:
 bob (for: bob)
 • Hypernyms:
 tail
 
 1. come into dock (Freq. 2)
 - the ship docked
 • Ant:
 undock
 • Derivationally related forms:
 dockage, docker, docking
 • Hypernyms:
 enter, come in, get into, get in, go into,
 go in, move into
 • Hyponyms:
 moor, berth, wharf
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 - Somebody ----s
 2. deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
 • Hypernyms:
 deprive
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Somebody ----s somebody of something
 3. deduct from someone's wages
 • Hypernyms:
 withhold, deduct, recoup
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 4. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
 • Syn:
 tail, bob
 • Derivationally related forms:
 bob (for: bob), tail (for: tail)
 • Hypernyms:
 cut
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 5. maneuver into a dock
 - dock the ships
 • Ant:
 undock
 • Derivationally related forms:
 docker, docking
 • Hypernyms:
 steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct,
 point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
 • Hyponyms:
 dry-dock, drydock
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - The men dock the boat
 
 
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