Meaning of dock in English

Verb
dock
Etymology
late Middle English: perhaps related to Frisian dok‘bunch, ball (of string etc.)’ and German Docke‘doll’. The original noun sense was ‘the solid part of an animal's tail’, whence the verb sense ‘cut short an animal's tail’, later generalized to ‘reduce, deduct’
Definitions
1. come into dock
Examples
- « the ship docked »
Antonyms
- undock
2. deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
3. deduct from someone's wages
4. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
5. haul into a dock
Examples
- « dock the ships »
Antonyms
- undock
Noun
dock
Etymology
late Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German docke, of unknown origin
Definitions
1. an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
2. any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
3. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
Examples
- « provides access to ships and boats »
4. a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
5. landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired
Examples
- « may have gates to let water in or out »
- « the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late »
6. the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
7. a short or shortened tail of certain animals

Pronunciation