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Definitions for Docking

[1] a landing pier.
[2] the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.
[3] such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.
[4] dry dock.
[5] a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.
[6] an airplane hangar or repair shed.
[7] Also called scene dock. a place in a theater near the stage or beneath the floor of the stage for the storage of scenery.
[8] to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.
[9] to place in dry dock, as for repairs, cleaning, or painting.
[10] to join (a space vehicle) with another or with a space station in outer space.
[11] to come or go into a dock or dry dock.
[12] (of two space vehicles) to join together in outer space.
[13] the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.
[14] the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping.
[15] to cut off the end of; cut short: to dock a tail.
[16] to cut short the tail of: to dock a horse.
[17] to deduct from the wages of, usually as a punishment: The boss docked him a day's pay.
[18] to deduct from (wages): The boss docked his paycheck $20.
[19] a wharf or pier
[20] a space between two wharves or piers for the mooring of ships
[21] an area of water that can accommodate a ship and can be closed off to allow regulation of the water level
[22] short for dry dock
[23] short for scene dock
[24] mainly US and Canadian a platform from which lorries, goods trains, etc, are loaded and unloaded
[25] to moor (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) to be moored at a dock
[26] to put (a vessel) into a dry dock for repairs or (of a vessel) to come into a dry dock
[27] (of two spacecraft) to link together in space or link together (two spacecraft) in space
[28] the bony part of the tail of an animal, esp a dog or sheep
[29] the part of an animal's tail left after the major part of it has been cut off
[30] to remove (the tail or part of the tail) of (an animal) by cutting through the bone to dock a tail ; to dock a horse
[31] to deduct (an amount) from (a person's wages, pension, etc) they docked a third of his wages
[32] an enclosed space in a court of law where the accused sits or stands during his trial
[33] any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers and typically broad leaves
[34] any of several similar or related plants

Words related to Docking

dockberth, moor, rendezvous, anchor, join, unite

Words nearby Docking

dockdocg, doch-an-doris, doch-an-dorrach, docherty, docile, dock, dock-walloper, dockage, docken, docker, docket

Origin of Docking

21300–50; Middle English dok, Old English -docca, in fingirdoccana (genitive plural) finger muscles; cognate with Frisian dok, Low German docke bundle, Icelandic dokkur stumpy tail, Middle High German tocke bundle, sheaf

Words that may be confused with Docking

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, dockdoc, dock, dock, harbor, pier, wharf

Word origin for Docking

Old English docce; related to Middle Dutch, Old Danish docke, Gaelic dogha

Synonyms for Docking

anchor, berth, hook up, moor, rendezvous, tie up, join, unite, drop anchor, link up, put in