dock

IPA: dˈɑk

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
(obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
The body of water between two piers.
The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
A section of a hotel or restaurant.
(electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
(computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
An act of docking; joining two things together.
(law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
(US, rare, dated) A male given name or nickname.
A surname.
(theater) Short for scene-dock. [An area in a theatre with access to the stage and the loading doors where scenery is temporarily stored]

(transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
(transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
(transitive, informal) To reduce the wages of (a person).
(transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.
(intransitive) To land at a harbour.
To join two moving items.
(astronautics) To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
(intransitive, sex) To engage in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
(transitive, computing) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
(transitive) To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
(cooking) To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

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