dock
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8.6
- noun
- /dɑk/
:
rumex
- Sour dock and wild rhubarb greened above the verdant blaze of willow and alder.
- docks and sorrels
- sour dock
- yellow dock
Examples
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Bramble, nettle, and dock.
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Then you rubbed it with a dock leaf to bring down the swelling.
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"Don't ever eat anything hanging on a string off a dock."
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Like when Anthony fell asleep on his fishing boat and yells to the dock, "Why did you untie my boat?"
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To access the contacts for the audio output to somehow hack a cable to this and make a dock audio output cable would require a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and specialized tools.
Blog text (22) -
Tearing up clumps of dock (Rumex crispus), he did what he could to wipe himself clean.
Fiction book (2000) -
They had barely gotten past the wharf when the first lobsterman pulled up in his truck, stomped down the dock, and started the engine on his boat.
Fiction book (1990) -
INDY'S POV - THE DOCK
Fiction book (1990) -
The low and shrubby prairie pussy willow is scattered throughout the prairie, while in one area at the edge is a huge stand of the yellow, sunflower-like southern prairie dock, one of Tennessee's threatened species.
Academic text (1997) -
In folk medicine, people often use dock leaves to treat skin irritations.
Synonyms
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7.0
A plant with sour green leaves used in salads or cooking
A group of leafy plants like docks or sorrels that often grow wild
A common weed with large blunt leaves and a bitter root
A common weed with large rounded leaves that comes from Europe
A plant with broad, rounded leaves and a bitter root that often grows as a weed
A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed
A plant with large sour leaves used in salads and spring greens
A plant with sour leaves used in salads and cooking
A low plant called French sorrel with small silvery-green arrow-shaped leaves that cooks use in salads
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A place where workers empty the water so they can build or fix a ship's bottom
- Specialized
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5.3
A large platform that sinks so a ship can enter then rises to lift the ship for repairs
- Specialized
A portable structure that sinks so a ship can enter and then lifts it out for repair
- Specialized
A large dock that can be emptied of water so workers can fix the bottom of a ship
A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dock for the common Rumex plant comes from an old English name for these weeds, often used in folk remedies, so dock simply means a familiar wild leaf people once used for food or medicine.