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Definition of dock : 1. A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
2. A genus of plants ( Rumex), some species of which are well- known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
3. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, - used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.
4. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
5. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; - sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
6. The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.
7. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
8. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
9. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
10. To draw, law, or place ( a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

Synonyms:

sour grass, bobber, float, the dock, Apollo, aerospace, penalize, vaccinate, tag, witness box, bill of lading, bobfloat, come about, mete out, embankment, consignment, common sorrel, administer, chase, cargo, anchorage, discipline, roselle, cork, bobtail, red sorrel, quay, founder, sex, basin, chase after, wood sorrel, capsule, track, give chase, levee, deal out, waterfront, go after, communications satellite, dry dock, bobsleigh, jury box, chambers, bill of entry, make an example of someone, take the law into your own hands, carrier, ground, harbor, curtsy, heave to, cosmonaut, sorrel, fix, trail, quayage, delivery, berth, witness stand, bullpen, punish, tying up, the N.S.P.C.A., spay, carriage, wharf, harbour, Cape Canaveral, docking, heel, chancery, vet, dog, bobsled, lock, capsize, booster, bench, pier, oxalis, tail, stand, loading dock, dockage, castrate, quai, freight, slip, jetty, moorage, docking facility, teach someone a lesson, shilling, astronaut, blast off, the ASPCA, cast off, docking fee, wharfage, hydroplane, dockyard, hand down, neuter, rozelle, landing, go about

deduct, shear, clip, diminish, depreciate, reduce, decrease, crop, prune, abridge, lower, discount, lessen, bob, weed, subtract, pare, trim, elide, cut, curtail, shave, delete

Usage examples:

• When the vessel was made fast to the dock Brother George came home and reported, and we were all excitement to know if it was to be a reality or a joke in regard to the flag. - "Sixty Years of California Song", Margaret Blake-Alverson.
• Over at Dorrotey's sea- goods store on the dock. - "Curlie Carson Listens In", Roy J. Snell.
• Thus full of the thought of their future happiness, they reached the dock- yard. - "The Amulet", Hendrik Conscience.