Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

The fleshy root of an animal's tail. / The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked. / (obsolete) The buttocks or anus. / A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

(transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy. / (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from. / (transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.

(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port. / A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels. / The body of water between two piers.

(intransitive) To land at a harbour. / To join two moving items. / (astronautics) To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.

Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

(cooking) To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

(US, rare, dated) A male given name or nickname. / A surname.

(idiomatic) Under accusation, scrutiny; subject to critical inspection.

present participle of dock