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DOCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short or shortened tail of certain animals

Synonyms:

bob; bobtail; dock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

Derivation:

dock (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("dock" is a part of...):

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late

Synonyms:

dock; dockage; docking facility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

landing; landing place (structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dock"):

dry dock; drydock; graving dock (a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline)

marina (a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers)

Holonyms ("dock" is a part of...):

harbor; harbour; haven; seaport (a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo)

Derivation:

dock (maneuver into a dock)

dock (come into dock)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

enclosure (a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

Synonyms:

dock; loading dock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

Synonyms:

dock; pier; wharf; wharfage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Meronyms (parts of "dock"):

shipside (the part of a wharf that is next to a ship)

bitt; bollard (a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dock"):

levee (a pier that provides a landing place on a river)

quay (wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline)

Derivation:

dock (maneuver into a dock)

dock (come into dock)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

Synonyms:

dock; sorrel; sour grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("dock" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dock"):

garden sorrel; Rumex acetosa; sour dock (European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens)

Rumex acetosella; sheep's sorrel; sheep sorrel (small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places)

bitter dock; broad-leaved dock; Rumex obtusifolius; yellow dock (European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America)

French sorrel; garden sorrel; Rumex scutatus (low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves)

Holonyms ("dock" is a member of...):

genus Rumex; Rumex (docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Maneuver into a dock

Example:

dock the ships

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dock" is one way to...):

channelise; channelize; direct; guide; head; maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; point; steer (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dock"):

dry-dock; drydock (maneuver (a ship) into a drydock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men dock the boat

Antonym:

undock (take (a ship) out of a dock)

Derivation:

docking (the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes)

docker (a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port)

dock (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)

dock (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove or shorten the tail of an animal

Synonyms:

bob; dock; tail

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "dock" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dock (a short or shortened tail of certain animals)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Come into dock

Example:

the ship docked

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "dock" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dock"):

berth; moor; wharf (come into or dock at a wharf)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

undock (move out of a dock)

Derivation:

dock (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)

dock (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)

dockage (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)

docker (a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port)

docking (the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Deduct from someone's wages

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dock" is one way to...):

deduct; recoup; withhold (retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "dock" is one way to...):

deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

Credits

 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes docking protein 1, may be involved in insulin signaling cascade modulation.

(DOK1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Several cytoplasmic docking proteins appear to be recruited by specific ErbB receptors and less exploited by others.

(ERBB Family Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

It also may be a physiologically relevant docking site for calcineurin.

(Adenylate Cyclase, NCI Thesaurus)

I tell you that I will never stand in the dock.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could not shoot him at sight, or I should myself be in the dock.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tyrosine phosphorylation of B-Cell Linker by SYK provides docking sites for these SH2-containing effector molecules that, in turn permits the phosphorylation and/or activation of their respective signaling pathways.

(B-Cell Linker, NCI Thesaurus)

He fled to his stateroom, where he lurked until the steamer was clear of the dock.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Docking Protein 1, encoded by the human DOK1 gene, interacts with receptor tyrosine kinases and mediates particular biological responses.

(Docking Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

BCR Downstream Signaling 1, encoded by BRDG1 gene, functions as a docking protein acting downstream of Tec tyrosine kinase in B cell antigen receptor signaling.

(BCR Downstream Signaling 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the docking of kinases and adaptor molecules that are involved in integrin-mediated signaling pathways.

(Enhancer of Filamentation 1, NCI Thesaurus)