DOCK Synonyms

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

• a support for two adjacent bridge spans

• wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

• a job in an organization

• a place where a craft can be made fast

• a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

• provide with a berth

• secure in or as if in a berth or dock

• come into or dock at a wharf

• a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

• a place of refuge and comfort and security

• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

• secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

• keep in one's possession; of animals

• hold back a thought or feeling about

• a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

• an intermediate platform in a staircase

• structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

• the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)

• the act of coming to land after a voyage

• a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

• a place where a craft can be made fast

• (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place

• a raised horizontal surface

• a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

• the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system

• any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons

• a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

• a long, flat raised structure of a railway station, where people get on and off of trains

• a former monetary unit in Great Britain

• a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around

• a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

• a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string

• a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)

• move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement

• ride a bobsled

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect

• cut hair in the style of a bob

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

• having a short or shortened tail

• a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

• a socially awkward or tactless act

• a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

• potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• a young and slender person

• a place where a craft can be made fast

• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

• a slippery smoothness

• artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

• a small sheet of paper

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

• an unexpected slide

• a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

• move stealthily

• insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

• fall to a lower standard

• move smoothly and easily

• to make a mistake or be incorrect

• pass on stealthily

• move easily

• cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion

• pass out of one's memory

• move out of position

• any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

• large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

• a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

• of a light brownish color

• the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

• the time of the last part of something

• any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

• the rear part of an aircraft

• the rear part of a ship

• go after with the intent to catch

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• remove the stalk of fruits or berries

• a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine