dock
To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tailTo clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
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» The ship hasn't even docked yet.
Das Schiff hat noch nicht einmal angelegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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By meaning 3
Examples
23 sentencesThe ship hasn't even docked yet.
deDas Schiff hat noch nicht einmal angelegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You have docked on the island.
The boat docked on the shore.
ruЛодку пришвартовали к берегу. — odexed
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
kupieren
подреза́тьpodrezátʹ, подре́затьpodrézatʹ, укора́чиватьukoráčivatʹ
(transitive)To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
Her wages were docked by ten dollars.
уреза́тьurezátʹ, уре́затьurézatʹ, сокраща́тьsokraščátʹ
deduct from someone's wages
(intransitive)To land at a harbour.
anlegen
прича́ливатьpričálivatʹ, прича́литьpričálitʹ
More meanings 8
To join two moving items.
to dock spacecraft
ankoppeln, andocken
стыкова́тьstykovátʹ, состыкова́тьsostykovátʹ
(informal, transitive)To reduce the wages of (a person).
They docked me ten dollars for breaking the vase.
(transitive)To cut off, bar, or destroy.
to dock an entail
(transitive)To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour.
(transitive)To pierce holes, as pricking dough with a fork, to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
(transitive)To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
(intransitive, slang)In male homosexual sex, to engage in docking, the inserting of the tip of one participant's penis into the foreskin of the other participant.
Origin
A dog with a partially docked (etymology 2, verb sense 1) tail A laptop docking (etymologA dog with a partially docked (etymology 2, verb sense 1) tail
A laptop docking (etymology 3, noun sense 5) station
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Forms
docks, docking, docked, dockedTenses
dock · docked · will dock · have dockedSynonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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