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docksnounpl. of dock a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengersthe boat remained tied up at the dock for a week, waiting for the weather to clear floats, jetties, landings, levees, piers, quais, quays, wharves(also wharfs) berths, moorings, slipsembarcaderos(West)dockyards, marinas, quayages, shipyards, wharfages docksverb1present tense third-person singular of dockto make less in extent or durationthe editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page abbreviates, abridges, curtails, cuts back, elides, shortens, syncopates, truncates abstracts, digests, encapsulates, epitomizes, recapitulates, summarizes, sums upabates, compresses, constricts, contracts, cuts, cuts down, pares, prunes, trimsdecreases, de-escalates, deflates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, moderates, modifies, reduces, retrenches, shrinks, slashes, subtracts (from), tapers elongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protracts enlarges, expands, supplementsadds, aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, balloons, boosts, dilates, escalates, heightens, increases, maximizes, pumps up, raisesblows up, distends, inflates, swells to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentthe boxer's tail was docked soon after birth bobs, clips, crops, cuts, cuts back, lops (off), nips, pares, polls, prunes, shaves, shears, snips, trims skives, whittlesmanicures, mowspinches, stumpscurtails, shortens elongates, extends, lengthens docksverb2present tense third-person singular of dockto stop at or near a place along the shorethe cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning anchors, lands berths, moors, ties upbeaches, groundsharborsarrives, reaches, shows up, turns updebarks, disembarks makes port embarks, launches, sails |