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Docks

noun
/dɒks/
Word Frequency: 2.0

Definitions

1.nounAny of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
2.nounA burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
3.nounThe fleshy root of an animal's tail.
4.nounThe part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
5.nounThe buttocks or anus.
6.nounA leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
7.verbTo cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
8.verbTo reduce (wages); to deduct from.
9.verbTo cut off, bar, or destroy.
"to dock an entail"
10.nounA fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
11.nounA structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
12.nounThe body of water between two piers.
13.nounThe place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
14.nounA section of a hotel or restaurant.
"coffee dock"
15.nounA device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
16.nounA toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
17.nounAn act of docking; joining two things together.
18.verbTo land at a harbour.
19.verbTo join two moving items.
20.verbTo drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
21.verbTo place (an electronic device) in its dock.
"I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour."
22.nounPart of a courtroom where the accused sits.
23.verbTo pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
24.nounA collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices

Synonyms

slipquaywharfsour grasssorreltailbobtailbobdockagedocking facilitywaterfrontdikes

Rhymes With

paradoxfauxunorthodoxequinoxflummoxfoxboxidiot box
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