an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships

the boat nosed up to a dock

the tanker was coming into dock

dock workers

a device in which a laptop, smartphone, or other mobile device may be placed for charging, providing access to a power supply and to peripheral devices or auxiliary features; a docking station

(of a ship) come into a dock and tie up at a wharf

the ship docked at Southampton

attach (a mobile device or piece of electronic equipment) to a docking station or another piece of equipment

this mode lets you dock the keyboard in a position suitable for day-to-day work

the user simply docks the vacuum and it'll empty and charge on its own

the tablet docks more securely into the slot than is the case with its predecessor

deduct (something, especially an amount of money or a point in a game)

the agency enforce payments by docking money from the father's salary

he was docked a penalty point

cut short (an animal's tail)

their tails were docked

the solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair

the enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant stands or sits

the nine others in the dock face a combination of charges

a coarse weed of temperate regions, with inconspicuous greenish or reddish flowers. The leaves are used to relieve nettle stings