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docked

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verb

  1. To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
  2. To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
  3. To cut off, bar, or destroy.“to dock an entail”

verb

  1. To land at a harbour.
  2. To join two moving items.
  3. To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
  4. To place (an electronic device) in its dock.“I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour.”

verb

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

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