dock

  1. Proper noun.  (US, rare) (given name, male) or nickname.
  2. Noun.  Any of the genus ''Rumex'' of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially the common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
  3. Noun.  A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
  4. Noun.  The fleshy root of an animal's tail, which remains after the tail has been docked.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
  6. Verb.  To cut off a section of an animal's tail.
  7. Verb.  To reduce (wages); to deduct.
  8. Noun.  A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
  9. Noun.  The body of water between two piers or wharves.
  10. Noun.  A section of a hotel or restaurant, as in ''coffee dock''.
  11. Noun.  (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.
  12. Noun.  (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
  13. Noun.  An act of docking; joining two things together.
  14. Verb.  (intransitive) To land at a harbour.
  15. Verb.  To join two moving items.
  16. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
  17. Noun.  Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.