Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cut off short; having the end or tail cut off; specifically, in entomology, cut off sharply in any direction, as if with a knife; truncated, as a tip or apex.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dock .
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Examples
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Residents scrambled to stockpile food and authorities ordered ships to remain docked as southern China geared up for a super typhoon after it killed 15 people and wiped out crops in the northern Philippines.
World Watch 2010
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It's OK for a short term docked mission, but over the long term the control system would have a hard time compensating for it.
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It's OK for a short term docked mission, but over the long term the control system would have a hard time compensating for it.
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It's OK for a short term docked mission, but over the long term the control system would have a hard time compensating for it.
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It's OK for a short term docked mission, but over the long term the control system would have a hard time compensating for it.
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Until, years later, I realized that the cost of missing inventory was docked from the pay of the store staff.
thieves like us Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Until, years later, I realized that the cost of missing inventory was docked from the pay of the store staff.
Archive 2004-12-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Coast Guard cutter by the same name docked in Astoria.
Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast 2009
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Their beaks are cut off, tails "docked," and toes/claws removed - all without anesthesia - so that their desperate attempts at escape or survival are foiled.
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When users first fire up their gPC, they'll get a Mac-like desktop with a series of program icons "docked" across the bottom.
Archive 2007-11-01 glyn moody 2007
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