dock

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dock, n. & v.
--n.
1 an artificially enclosed body of water for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships.
2 (in pl.) a range of docks with wharves and offices; a dockyard.
3 US a ship's berth, a wharf.
4 = dry dock.
5 Theatr. = scene-dock.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. bring or come into a dock.
2 a tr. join (spacecraft) together in space. b intr. (of spacecraft) be joined.
3 tr. provide with a dock or docks.

Idiom

dock-glass a large glass for wine-tasting. in dock Brit. colloq. in hospital or (of a vehicle) laid up for repairs.

dock, n. the enclosure in a criminal court for the accused.

Idiom

dock brief a brief handed direct to a barrister selected by a prisoner in the dock. in the dock on trial.

dock, n. any weed of the genus Rumex, with broad leaves.

dock, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 a cut short (an animal's tail). b cut short the tail of (an animal).
2 a (often foll. by from) deduct (a part) from wages, supplies, etc. b reduce (wages etc.) in this way.
--n.
1 the solid bony part of an animal's tail.
2 the crupper of a saddle or harness.

Idiom

dock-tailed having a docked tail.

Etymology

ME, of uncert. orig.

THESAURUS

dock

L, R, abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, acting area, alight, amputate, anchor, anchorage, anchorage ground, annihilate, apron, apron stage, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, backstage, ban, band shell, bandstand, bank, bar, basement, basin, bay, berth, bin, board, bob, boil down, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, breakwater, bridge, brush, bulkhead, bunker, buttery, capsulize, cargo dock, cast anchor, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, cellar, chest, clip, closet, come to anchor, come to land, compress, condense, conservatory, contract, coulisse, court, courthouse, courtroom, crate, crib, crop, cue, cull, cupboard, curtail, cut, cut away, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut off short, cut out, cut short, debark, debus, deplane, depository, depot, detrain, disembark, disemplane, dockage, dockyard, drawer, dressing room, drop anchor, drop the hook, dry dock, dump, elide, eliminate, embankment, enucleate, epitomize, eradicate, except, exchequer, excise, exclude, extinguish, extirpate, fantail, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, foreshorten, forestage, glory hole, go ashore, godown, greenroom, grid, gridiron, groin, hangar, harbor, harborage, haven, hold, housing, hutch, isolate, jetty, jury box, jutty, kedge, kedge off, knock off, land, landing, landing place, landing stage, lash, lash and tie, lay anchor, levee, library, lightboard, locker, lop, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, make a landfall, make land, make port, marina, mole, moor, moorings, mow, mutilate, nip, orchestra, orchestra pit, pare, peel, performing area, pick out, pier, pigtail, pit, poll, pollard, port, proscenium, proscenium stage, protected anchorage, prune, put in, put into port, quay, queue, rack, rattail, reach land, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, repertory, repository, reservoir, retrench, rick, road, roads, roadstead, root out, rule out, seaport, seawall, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shed, shelf, shell, shipyard, shorten, slip, snub, stack, stack room, stage, stage left, stage right, stamp out, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, strike off, strip, strip off, stub, stunt, sum up, summarize, supply base, supply depot, switchboard, synopsize, tail, tailpiece, take in, take off, take out, tank, telescope, the boards, tie up, town hall, town house, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, trim, truncate, unboat, vat, vault, warehouse, wharf, wine cellar, wings, wipe out, witness box, witness stand

ROGET THESAURUS

dock

Store

N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

Workshop

N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.

Tribunal

N tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory, court of justice, court of law, court of arbitration, administrative court, inquisition, guild, justice seat, judgment seat, mercy seat, woolsack, bar of justice, dock, forum, hustings, bureau, drumhead, jury box, witness box, senate house, town hall, theater, House of Commons, House of Lords, statehouse, townhouse, assize, eyre, wardmote, burghmote, barmote, superior courts of Westminster, court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error, High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Star Chamber, Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty, Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court, sessions, quarter sessions, petty sessions, court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council, board of green cloth, court martial, drumhead court martial, durbar, divan, Areopagus, Irota, judicial, appellate, die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

Shortness

VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).