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nouna platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boatstype of:
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nouna platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
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"the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"nounlanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
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nouna short or shortened tail of certain animalstype of:
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nounany of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
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verbremove or shorten the tail of an animaltype of:
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nounan enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trialtype of:
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"the ship docked"verbcome into dockOpposite:
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verbdeduct from someone's wages
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verbdeprive someone of benefits, as a penaltytype of:
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"dock the ships"verbmaneuver into a dockOpposite:type of:
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nounthe solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
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head cut point bob enter direct tail guide landing platform marina pier herb steer maneuver moor deprive deduct docking wharf berth enclosure withhold manoeuvre quay recoup sorrel docker levee dockage manoeuver bobtail channelize wharfage loading dock docking facility landing place graving dock drydock dry dock sour grass herbaceous plant french sorrel garden sorrel sheep sorrel sheep's sorrel rumex scutatus rumex obtusifolius rumex acetosa bitter dock yellow dock broad-leaved dock sour dock rumex acetosella get in move into go into go in get into come in channelise dry-dock body part