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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