plural docks
Definition of dock
(Entry 1 of 6)
1a
: a place (such as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials
b
: a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats
2
or docking station
: a device in which a smartphone, digital camera, etc., is placed for charging, accessing a power supply, or connecting to another electronic device
3
: a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height
5
: the combining site of a molecular receptor — see receptor sense b
Previous research showed that marijuana receptors, specialized proteins that serve as docks for THC, are clustered in regions of the brain known to play a role in movement disorders such as Huntington's disease.— Kathleen Fackelmann
dock
verb (1)
docked; docking; docks
Definition of dock (Entry 2 of 6)
1
: to haul or guide into or alongside a dock
2
: to connect an electronic device (such as a computer or a digital camera) to another device
dock the phone into the computer
3
: to join (two spacecraft) mechanically while in space
1
: to come into or alongside a dock
2
: to become docked
3
: to combine with a molecular receptor — see receptor sense b
These chemical messengers travel across a tiny cleft and dock at receptors along the surface of a muscle fiber.— Bruce A. Dobkin
dock
verb (2)
docked; docking; docks
Definition of dock (Entry 3 of 6)
1a
: to subject to a deduction
dock someone's wages
b
: to penalize by depriving of a benefit ordinarily due
especially
: to fine by a deduction of wages
docked him for tardiness
c
: to take away a part of : abridge
2a
: to cut (part of an animal, such as the ears or a tail) short
b
: to cut off the end of a body part of
specifically
: to remove part of the tail of
dock
noun (2)Definition of dock (Entry 4 of 6)
1
: the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened
2
: the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair
dock
noun (3)Definition of dock (Entry 5 of 6)
: the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial
in the dock
: on trial
dock
noun (4)Definition of dock (Entry 6 of 6)
1
: any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs
2
: any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium)
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The first known use of dock was before the 12th century
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