dock

1. 1.

   come into dock

   “the ship docked”

   Antonymsundock

   Broaderenter

   Narrowermoor
2. 2.

   deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

   Broaderdeprive
3. 3.

   deduct from someone's wages

   Broaderwithhold
4. 4.

   remove or shorten the tail of an animal

   Synonymstailbob

   Broadercut
5. 5.

   maneuver into a dock

   “dock the ships”

   Antonymsundock

   Broadersteer

   Narrowerdry-dock

Other forms of dock

plural

docks·

past tense

docked·

present participle

docking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dock

What does dock mean?

dock means "an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dock?

dock has 1 syllable: dock. In IPA it is /ˈdɑk/.

What is another word for dock?

Close synonyms include sorrel, sour grass, pier, wharf, wharfage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of dock?

The recorded antonyms are undock, undock.

Is dock a common word?

dock is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dock?

2 words rhyme with dock. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.