to redock
- verb
- /riˈdɑk/
- Specialized
- After completing repairs, the ship will redock at the harbor for a full refueling.
Examples
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The crew needs to redock the vessel at the harbor.
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Please redock the ship before the storm arrives.
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After the update, you must redock your phone to the charging station to complete the process.
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The spacecraft will redock with the space station after its maintenance check is finished.
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If the connection is lost, simply redock the device to restore functionality.
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The crew decided to redock the spacecraft after its test flight for further inspections.
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Once the delivery drone finished its round, it needed to redock at its charging station.
Synonyms
To bring a boat to a platform at the water and tie it up
Make a machine part connect and work again after it stops
Connect parts again after they have been separated
To move a ship into a dock and tie it there
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Etymology
Redock comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and dock meaning 'a place to connect', like where a ship or a phone sits to recharge. So to redock is to 'connect again' to a dock, station, or port.