as in wharf
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
the boat remained tied up at the dock for a week, waiting for the weather to clear
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as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page
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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
the boxer's tail was docked soon after birth
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as in to land
to stop at or near a place along the shore
the cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning
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Recent Examples of dock
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Building 2 is 147,252 square feet with a 30-foot clear height, 30 dock-high doors, six drive-in doors and 271 parking stalls.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
The former President and first lady were photographed aboard Steven Spielberg’s yacht, which was docked off the coast of Portofino.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The newest models are capable of shooting at broadcast-ready frame rates, with the live feed being converted into an HDMI output through a third-party dock.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Building 2 is 147,252 square feet with a 30-foot clear height, 30 dock-high doors, six drive-in doors and 271 parking stalls.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Notably, Intelsat 10-02 was docked with a commercial servicing spacecraft at the time, and in a twist of irony, was launched by a Russian rocket in 2004.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
The former President and first lady were photographed aboard Steven Spielberg’s yacht, which was docked off the coast of Portofino.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
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Workers have finished constructing the large yellow capsule on a wharf near Shanghai.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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As proposed, Pier 500 would have two new berths and approximately 3,000 feet of new available wharf.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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After calling ahead for a water taxi in Ischia Ponte, we were ferried over to Da Maria's pier, and then welcomed into the open-air dining room, which faces the Gulf of Naples.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Then, as evening falls, locals gather with ice cream cones on the quay and the town glows in the hush of a Bornholm sunset.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Dock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dock. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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