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Definition of dock:
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded 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" the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair a short or shortened tail of certain animals come into dock; "the ship docked" deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty deduct from someone's wages remove or shorten the tail of an animal maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships" |