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Definition dock

Etymology 1

Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-Germanic *dukk- (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ew- (“dark”) (compare Latvian duga (“scum, slime on water”)).

Noun

dock (plural docks)

1. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
2. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dok, from Old English *docce, *docca (as in fingirdoccana (“finger muscles”, genitive plural)), from Proto-Germanic *dukk? (compare West Frisian dok (“bunch, ball (twine)”), Low German Dokke (“bundle of straw”), Icelandic dokkur (“stumpy tail”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eu-k- (“to spin, shake”) (compare Lithuanian dv??kti (“to breathe, wheeze”), dvãkas (“breath”), Albanian dak (“big ram”), Sanskrit ??????? (dhuk?ati, “to blow”)).

Noun

dock (plural docks)

1. The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
2. The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
3. (obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
4. A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

Verb

dock (third-person singular simple present docks, present participle docking, simple past and past participle docked)

1. (transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
2. (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
3. (transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.

Etymology 3

From Middle English dock (“mud channel”), from Middle Dutch docke (“channel”) (modern Dutch dok (“lock (canal)”)), from Old Italian doccia (“conduit, canal”) or Medieval Latin ducta, ductus. More at douche and duct.

Noun

dock (plural docks)

1. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
2. A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
3. The body of water between two piers.
4. The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
5. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
6. (electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
7. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
8. An act of docking; joining two things together.

Verb

dock (third-person singular simple present docks, present participle docking, simple past and past participle docked)

1. (intransitive) To land at a harbour.
2. To join two moving items.
3. (transitive, computing) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
4. (transitive) To place (an electronic device) in its dock.

Etymology 4

Originally criminal slang; from or akin to Dutch (Flemish) dok (“cage, hutch”).

Noun

dock (plural docks)

1. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

Etymology 5

Verb

dock (third-person singular simple present docks, present participle docking, simple past and past participle docked)

1. (cooking) To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

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