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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
  • A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
  • An act of docking; joining two things together.
  • 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 medecine.
  • A section of a hotel or restaurant, as in ''coffee dock''
  • graphical user interface A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
  • 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.
  • obsolete The buttocks or anus.
  • Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
  • The body of water between two wharves.
  • The fleshy root of an animal's tail, which remains after the tail has been docked.

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Proper noun:

  • rare|dated male or nickname.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To land at a harbour.
  • To cut off a section of an animal's tail.
  • To join two moving items.
  • To reduce (wages); to deduct.
  • computing To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.

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