noun
- structures built over water where ships load and unload cargo or passengers
- weedy plants with broad leaves, often found in waste areas
verb
- brings a ship into a dock or harbor
- reduces someone’s pay as punishment
- connects two spacecraft together in space
Usage: technical
Examples
- The cargo ship pulled into the docks at dawn.
- Workers unloaded containers at the busy docks.
- She pulled weeds and docks from her garden.
- The captain carefully docks the boat at the marina.
- The company docks his pay for being late.
- The space shuttle docks with the international space station.
- Fishermen gather at the old wooden docks each morning.
- The supervisor threatened to dock their wages for poor performance.