1. a landing pier.
2. the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.
3. such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.
4. dry dock.
5. a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.
6. an airplane hangar or repair shed.
7. a place in a theater near the stage or beneath the floor of the stage for the storage of scenery.

8. to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.
9. to place in dry dock, as for repairs, cleaning, or painting.
10. to join (a space vehicle) with another or with a space station in outer space.

11. to come or go into a dock or dry dock.
12. (of two space vehicles) to join together in outer space.

1. the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.
2. the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping.

3. to cut off the end of; cut short: to dock a tail.
4. to cut short the tail of: to dock a horse.
5. to deduct from the wages of, usually as a punishment: The boss docked him a day's pay.
6. to deduct from (wages): The boss docked his paycheck $20.

1. the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.

2. being tried in a court, especially a criminal court; on trial.

1. any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius(bitter dock ) or R. acetosa(sour dock ), having long taproots.
2. any of various other plants, mostly coarse weeds.

1. a wharf or pier
2. a space between two wharves or piers for the mooring of ships
3. an area of water that can accommodate a ship and can be closed off to allow regulation of the water level
4. short for dry dock
5. short for scene dock
6. a platform from which lorries, goods trains, etc, are loaded and unloaded

7. to moor (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) to be moored at a dock
8. to put (a vessel) into a dry dock for repairs or (of a vessel) to come into a dry dock
9. (of two spacecraft) to link together in space or link together (two spacecraft) in space

1. the bony part of the tail of an animal, esp a dog or sheep
2. the part of an animal's tail left after the major part of it has been cut off

3. to remove (the tail or part of the tail) of (an animal) by cutting through the bone
4. to deduct (an amount) from (a person's wages, pension, etc)

1. an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused sits or stands during his trial

1. any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers and typically broad leaves
2. any of several similar or related plants

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