Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

    Ampfer

    щаве́льščavélʹ, ща́вельščávelʹ

    any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

  2. (countable, uncountable)A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

    Klette

    лопу́хlopúx, репе́йrepéj, репе́йникrepéjnik

  3. The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.

    ре́пицаrépica

    the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

  4. A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

  5. (US)A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.

    Steg, Bootssteg, Anlegesteg

    прича́лpričál, докdok, при́станьprístanʹ

    прича́лpryčál, докdok, при́станьprýstanʹ

  6. (UK)The body of water next to and around a pier.

    Dock

    докdok

    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

  7. The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.

  8. A section of a hotel or restaurant.

    coffee dock

    Kaffeebar, Kaffeestube

  9. A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.

    Andockstation, Dockingstation

    докdok

  10. A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications by their icons, and switching between running applications.

    пане́ль зада́чpanɛ́lʹ zadáč

  11. An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.

    стыко́вкаstykóvka, соедине́ниеsojedinénije

  12. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

    Anklagebank

    скамья́ подсуди́мыхskamʹjá podsudímyx

    ла́ва підсу́днихláva pidsúdnyx

    an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

Examples

74 sentences
  1. Tom was sunbathing on the dock.

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  2. The ship hasn't even docked yet.

    deDas Schiff hat noch nicht einmal angelegt.

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  3. Tom pushed Mary off the dock.

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  4. Tom is sunbathing on the dock.

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  5. Tom is coming to the docks.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
fixed structure to which a vessel is secured:
part of a courtroom where the accused sits:
Русский
By meaning 7
any plant in genus Rumex:
burdock:
fleshy root of an animal's tail:
fixed structure to which a vessel is secured:
toolbar for launching and switching between applications:
act of joining two items together:
part of a courtroom where the accused sits:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
any plant in genus Rumex:
burdock:
fixed structure to which a vessel is secured:
body of water between two piers or wharves:
section of a hotel or restaurant:
device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance:
part of a courtroom where the accused sits:

Origin

From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from P

From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”) (compare Latvian duga (“scum, slime on water”)).

A dog with a partially docked (etymology 2, verb sense 1) tail

A laptop docking (etymology 3, noun sense 5) station

Originally criminal slang; from or akin to obsolete Dutch (West Flemish) dok (“cage, hutch”) or docke (“cage”), possibly from Middle Dutch docke (“block, wooden object”), related to Middle Low German docke (“tenon, banister rod, bench cheek, side panel of a pew”), of uncertain origin.

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Forms

plural: docks
Singulardock
Pluraldocks

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:dockagedocking facility
  • a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded:loading dock
  • any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine:sorrelsour grass
  • a short or shortened tail of certain animals:bobtailbob
  • a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats:pierwharfwharfage

Word family

50 related words

See also

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