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What (who) is Dock - definition

HUMAN-MADE STRUCTURE INVOLVED IN THE HANDLING OF BOATS OR SHIPS
Docked; Maritime dock; Wet dock; Dock (structure); Dock (maritime); Basin (maritime); Tidal dock; Maritime docks; Docks
  • St Maarten]] in the Caribbean.
  • Partially backfilled dry dock of the former Valmet Vuosaari Shipyard in [[Vuosaari]], [[Helsinki]], Finland.

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MOLECULAR MODELLING SOFTWARE
Docked; Maritime dock; Wet dock; Dock (structure); Dock (maritime); Basin (maritime); Tidal dock; Maritime docks; Docks
dock1
¦ noun
1. an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships.
N. Amer. a jetty or pier where a ship may moor.
2. (also loading dock) a platform for loading trucks or goods trains.
¦ verb
1. (with reference to a ship) come or bring into a dock.
2. (of a spacecraft) join with a space station or another spacecraft in space.
3. attach (a piece of equipment) to another.
Phrases
in dock Brit. informal out of action; indisposed.
Origin
ME: from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. docke, of unknown origin.
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dock2
¦ noun the enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant stands or sits.
Origin
C16: prob. orig. sl. and related to Flemish dok 'chicken coop, rabbit hutch'.
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dock3
¦ noun a coarse weed of temperate regions, with inconspicuous greenish or reddish flowers, and leaves that are used to relieve nettle stings. [Genus Rumex.]
Origin
OE docce, of Gmc origin.
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dock4
¦ verb
1. deduct (money or a point in a game).
2. cut short (an animal's tail).
¦ noun the solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail.
?the stump left after a tail has been docked.
Origin
ME (orig. in sense 'solid part of an animal's tail'): perh. related to Frisian dok 'bunch, ball (of string)' and Ger. Docke 'doll'.
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MOLECULAR MODELLING SOFTWARE
Docked; Maritime dock; Wet dock; Dock (structure); Dock (maritime); Basin (maritime); Tidal dock; Maritime docks; Docks
I
n.
basin for ships
1) to go into dock
2) a dry, floating dock
3) at, in, on a dock (there was labor trouble down on the docks)
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) to dock at (the ship docked at Portsmouth)
2) (D; intr.) to dock with (the spaceship docked with the satellite)
III
v. (D; tr.) ('to deduct, take') to dock from (they docked ten dollars from her wages)
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MOLECULAR MODELLING SOFTWARE
Docked; Maritime dock; Wet dock; Dock (structure); Dock (maritime); Basin (maritime); Tidal dock; Maritime docks; Docks
v. a.
1.
Curtail, clip, cut short.
2.
Shorten, lessen, deduct from.
3.
Put into a dock (as a vessel).

Wikipedia

Dock

The word dock (from Dutch dok) in American English refers one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore). In British English, the term is used the same way as in American English, but is also used to mean the area of water that is next to or around said structures. The exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language.

"Dock" may also refer to a dockyard (also known as a shipyard) where the loading, unloading, building, or repairing of ships occurs.

Examples of use of Dock
1. Caged dock The defendants appeared in a caged dock at the Cairo emergency security court.
2. The ships were to dock in neighboring ports on Friday, and were planning to dock in Alania on Saturday.
3. Dock No. 2 is a modern computerized large dock capable of repairing several ships of tens of thousands of tons simultaneously.
4. This was a day mostly without eruptions from the dock Saddam Hussein himself was mostly quiet as he sat in the dock, looking thinner and paler than before.
5. Or advice to chiropodists to dock corns with ingenuity.