dock

dock is a 4-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
2. noun. The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.
3. noun. A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
4. transitive verb. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
5. transitive verb. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
6. transitive verb. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
7. noun. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.
8. noun. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
9. noun. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
10. transitive verb. To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
11. noun. a short or shortened tail of certain animals

    Synonyms: bob, bobtail

12. noun. the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
13. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: dockage

14. noun. an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
15. noun. a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
16. noun. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

    Synonyms: pier, wharf, wharfage

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

    Synonyms: sorrel

18. verb. maneuver into a dock

    "dock the ships"

19. verb. remove or shorten the tail of an animal

    Synonyms: bob, tail

20. verb. come into dock

    "the ship docked"

21. verb. deduct from someone's wages
22. verb. deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

Synonyms

bob, bobtail, dockage, pier, wharf, wharfage, sorrel, tail

Common word forms

docks, docked, docken, docker, docking, dockize

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