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Antonyms for dock

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dok
Phonetic Transcription : dɒk


Definition of dock

Origin :
  • "ship's berth," late 15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German docke, perhaps ultimately (via Late Latin *ductia "aqueduct") from Latin ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)); or possibly from a Scandinavian word for "low ground" (cf. Norwegian dokk "hollow, low ground"). Original sense perhaps "furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank." As a verb from 1510s. Related: Docked; docking.
  • noun waterfront
  • verb land on the waterfront
Example sentences :
  • I reckon that if Dock had stayed in Chicago a week he'd have had everybody crazy.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • I think sometimes that I see you yourself in the dock, Master Helstrop.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Then do you want to go back and stay on the dock and starve?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • It even explained why he had expected Malone to place him in charge of the dock.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Purplish shadows had already begun to dim the tug and dock and ocean.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • The whole face of the sea around the dock broke into a sort of sputtering.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Only when on board did the lads appreciate the enormous size of the dock.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Then some of the men on top of the dock's side began yelling.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • The dock is worth a million pounds, about five million dollars.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • How about hitching that schooner to the dock and towing her?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Synonyms for dock

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