dock

CEFRC1

/dɒk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where ships load, unload, or stay.

  2. 02

    verb

    To reduce someone's pay or remove part of something.

Examples

  • The ship is now in dock for a refit.

  • Tom was sunbathing on the dock.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

  2. The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Her wages were docked by ten dollars.

  • They docked me ten dollars for breaking the vase.

  • to dock an entail

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Origin

noun

From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”) (compare Latvian duga (“scum, slime on water”)).