Dock | Mean of dock in English Dictionary

/ˈdɑːk/

• Noun
• an area of water in a port where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired
1. A crowd was waiting at the dock to greet them.
2. The ship is in dock for repairs.
• the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings
1. We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.
• a long structure that is built out into water and used as a place to get on, get off, or tie up a boat
1. Tie the boat to the dock.

• a place for loading materials onto ships, trucks, trains, etc.
1. a loading dock
• the place in a court of law where a person who is accused of a crime stands or sits during a trial
• on trial for committing a crime
1. He was arrested and is in the dock on charges of assault and battery.
• Verb
• to bring a ship or boat into a dock
1. We spent two days at sea before docking in Miami, Florida.
2. The captain was forced to dock the ship.
• to join together (two spacecraft) while in space
1. The shuttle was scheduled to dock with the space station.
2. They docked the spaceship with the satellite.
• to connect an electronic device (such as a computer or a digital camera) to another device
1. You can dock the camera directly to the printer and download the pictures.
2. The handheld PC can be docked into/with your desktop computer.
3. a docking station
• to take away part of (the money that is paid to someone)
1. Her boss docked her pay/wages for coming in late.
• to cut off the end of (an animal's tail)
1. The puppy's tail was docked.