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9 Definitions of: dock
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- noun, a wharf or pier
- noun, a space between two wharves or piers for the mooring of ships
- noun, an area of water that can accommodate a ship and can be closed off to allow regulation of the water level
- noun, short for dry dock
- noun, short for scene dock
- noun, a platform from which lorries, goods trains, etc, are loaded and unloaded
- verb, to moor (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) to be moored at a dock
- verb, to put (a vessel) into a dry dock for repairs or (of a vessel) to come into a dry dock
- verb, (of two spacecraft) to link together in space or link together (two spacecraft) in space
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- noun, the bony part of the tail of an animal, esp a dog or sheep
- noun, the part of an animal's tail left after the major part of it has been cut off
- verb, to remove (the tail or part of the tail) of (an animal) by cutting through the bone
- verb, to deduct (an amount) from (a person's wages, pension, etc)
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- noun, an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused sits or stands during his trial
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- noun, any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers and typically broad leaves
- noun, any of several similar or related plants
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