dock
41dock — 1. n. & v. n. 1 an artificially enclosed body of water for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships. 2 (in pl.) a range of docks with wharves and offices; a dockyard. 3 US a ship s berth, a wharf. 4 = dry dock. 5 Theatr. = scene dock. v. 1 tr …
42dock — I [[t]dɒk[/t]] n. 1) navig. a landing pier 2) navig. the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port 3) navig. such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc 4) navig …
43Dock — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Dock », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Dock est un mot emprunté à l anglais qui peut… …
44dock — 1 noun 1 (C) a place in a port where ships are loaded and unloaded: A crowd was waiting at the dock to greet them. | in dock: The ship is now in dock for repairs. see also: dry dock 2 (C) the part of a law court where the person being tried (try1 …
45dock — I UK [dɒk] / US [dɑk] noun Word forms dock : singular dock plural docks ** 1) a) [countable] an enclosed area of water in a port, where ships stay while goods are taken on or off, passengers get on or off, or repairs are done b) docks [plural]… …
46dock — {{11}}dock (n.1) ship s berth, late 15c., from M.Du. or M.L.G. docke, perhaps ultimately (via L.L. *ductia aqueduct ) from L. ducere to lead (see DUKE (Cf. duke) (n.)); or possibly from a Scandinavian word for low ground (Cf. Norw. dokk hollow,… …
47dock — dock1 [ dak ] noun ** 1. ) count an enclosed area of water in a port, where ships stay while goods are taken on or off, passengers get on or off, or repairs are done: WHARF a ) docks plural the area in a port where the docks are: These men had… …
48dock — English has no fewer than four distinct words dock. The oldest is the plant name, which comes from Old English docce. Dock for ships [14] was borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch docke, which may have come from Vulgar Latin *ductia… …
49dock — to copulate with a female The expression was at one time confined to copulation with a virgin, using the imagery of pruning. This is a convenient place to note that etymologists do not always agree with each other. Farmer and Henley… …
50dock — English has no fewer than four distinct words dock. The oldest is the plant name, which comes from Old English docce. Dock for ships [14] was borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch docke, which may have come from Vulgar Latin *ductia… …
