dock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired.

   The ship was unloaded at the dock early in the morning.

2. 2
   verb

   To bring a ship into a dock, or to arrive there.

   The ferry docked safely despite the rough sea.

3. 3
   verb

   To take away part of someone's wages or money.

   They docked his pay for arriving late every day.

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Simplified etymology

Dock has several distinct histories. The courtroom enclosure, recorded from the late 16th century, may be the same word as Flemish dok, “chicken coop” or “rabbit hutch.” The nautical dock entered English in the late Middle Ages and has Dutch and early German parallels, though its earlier origin is unknown; the plant name is recorded in Old English. The verb dock is another Germanic word based on the idea of cutting or trimming and had developed the broader sense “curtail” by late Middle English.

A dock (etymology 3, noun sense 1, etymology 3, noun sense 2) for cruise ships A laptop docking (etymology 3, noun sense 5) station A GUI dock (etymology 3, noun sense 6) on Linux From Early Modern English meaning "area of mud in which a ship can rest at low tide, dock", borrowed from either Dutch dok (“dock, wharf”) or Middle Low German docke (“dock, wharf”), both from Middle Dutch docke (“port, harbour”), of uncertain origin. The original sense may have been "the furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank". Compare Danish dok, Dutch dok, West Frisian dok, German Dock, Low German Dock, Swed…

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