as in wharf
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
the boat remained tied up at the dock for a week, waiting for the weather to clear
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as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page
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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
the boxer's tail was docked soon after birth
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as in to land
to stop at or near a place along the shore
the cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning
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Recent Examples of dock
Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
SpaceX’s plan to have boats ferry Starship rockets from Texas to Florida is getting closer to reality with Port of Brownsville officials in talks with the firm about leasing space to build a dock.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2026
Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The Switch 2 can output 4K60 (or 1080p120 graphics while docked), depending on the game and settings.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Its features include a 1,200-square-foot cabana, which connects to the mansion via a private underground tunnel, and a 150-foot dock extending from the lawn.
—Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
SpaceX’s plan to have boats ferry Starship rockets from Texas to Florida is getting closer to reality with Port of Brownsville officials in talks with the firm about leasing space to build a dock.
—Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
The billionaire spacewalker slid in a new Artemis III for 2027 so astronauts could practice docking their Orion capsule with a lunar lander in orbit around Earth.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The Switch 2 can output 4K60 (or 1080p120 graphics while docked), depending on the game and settings.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Pan captured 243 photographs and 13 videos of payload-processing facilities, munitions bunkers, security checkpoints, mission-control centers, fuel and ordnance storage sites, and the nuclear submarine wharf.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The first responders arrived to find a vehicle submerged in about 10 feet of water just off the wharf parking lot.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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In 1903, a vicious winter storm reduced most of the piers to splinters, and by 1906 offshore oil production at Summerland had all but ceased.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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SkyCal was overhead as a large group of people waited at the end of the pier while law enforcement personnel swept the pier.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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Wine is embedded in the city’s architecture, history and daily life, from grand 18th-century façades to the bustling quays of the Garonne.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dock. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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