Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5transitive verb
To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
- 6transitive verb
To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
- 7noun
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.
- 8noun
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.
- 9noun
The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
- 10transitive verb
To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
- 11noun
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- 12noun
the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
- 13noun
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
- 14noun
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
- 15noun
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
- 16noun
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- 17noun
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Synonyms
- 18verb
maneuver into a dock
"dock the ships"
- 19verb
remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- 20verb
come into dock
"the ship docked"
- 21verb
deduct from someone's wages
- 22verb
deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
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