Synonym: anchor, clip, cut off, moor, tie. Similar words: doctor, document, doctrine, documentary, sock, shock, knock, stock. Meaning: [dɒk] 
n. 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; 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; may have gates to let water in or out 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. v. 1. come into dock 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.
n. 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; 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; may have gates to let water in or out 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. v. 1. come into dock 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. 
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31 The ship will be in dock for eight months to be fitted out for its new duties.
32 Hundreds of people turned up to see the ship dock at Southampton.
33 What about the odd chance that you do put an innocent man in the dock?
34 The defendant seemed nervous as he left the dock and stepped up to the witness box.
35 She was in the dock on charges of attempted fraud.
36 The crew was on the beach while the ship was in dry dock.
37 The ship's hull scraped along the side of the dock.
38 The ship sailed into the dock to refit/to be refitted.
39 The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to dock with Russia's Mir space station.
40 They dropped the sails and threw a line to a man on the dock.
41 The defendant sat impassively in the dock while evidence was given against him.
42 The truck left the loading dock with hoses still attached.
43 Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings helps to relieve the pain.
44 We stood on the dock and watched the ocean churn.
45 These chemicals remain in the dock until we have more scientific evidence.
46 They spent all their time sitting around the dock and shooting the breeze.
47 The ship was moored to the dock fore and aft.
48 Hence the curse on the magistrate from the dock.
49 Many ships dock at Kure Naval Base for repairs.
50 The ship is now in dock for repairs.
51 He said that the dry dock was the bellwether.
52 The town already has one cruise ship dock.
53 Later on[sentencedict.com/dock.html](sentencedict.com), he sat trembling on the dock.
54 The ship is unloading at the dock right now.
55 The ￡10,000 scheme has lifted spirits at the school which is close to imported coal mountains at Gladstone Dock.
56 The launch reached the shore and tied up to a floating pontoon connected by a gangway to the dock.
57 He sat in the dock dressed in a white shirt, dark blue tie and grey cardigan.
58 Next to the levee where no steamboat will probably ever dock again, the Missouri still slides by.
59 The Hunter minesweeper is due to dock in Hartlepool on March 6 prior to a five-day programme of activities in Hurworth.
60 However, a dock leaf is useless against wasp stings, which contain an alkali.