A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dock

plural of dock

simple past tense and past participle of dock

(intransitive) To land at a harbour. / To join two moving items. / (astronautics) To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.

(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port. / A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels. / The body of water between two piers.

(cooking) To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

(transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy. / (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from. / (transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.

The fleshy root of an animal's tail. / The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked. / (obsolete) The buttocks or anus. / A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.