to undock

2 6.6

To move a ship or spacecraft away from a dock

verb
/ʌnˈdɑk/

: desacoplar

First, you are to undock this ship.

Examples

[John] Houston, this is Freedom preparing to undock Liberty.

Apollo 18 (2011)
On my mark, undock.

First Man (2018)
I watched it undock and watched it land.

Blog text (20)
I'm about to undock from Tiangong.

Gravity (2013)
Undock the ship!

Alien: Romulus (2024)
The Eagle is undocked.

First Man (2018)
What totally blows me away is that the space capsule undocked from the Space Station at 7:09 PM tonight and has landed in Kazakhstan at 10:53 PM tonight.

Blog text (20)
The crew will undock the spacecraft from the platform before heading to the moon.
The astronauts prepared to undock from the space station early in the morning.
After a successful mission, the capsule will undock from the satellite and begin its descent.

Synonyms

to unmoor

vsto undock

1 8.3

To release a boat or ship from its ropes so it can move

moves the vessel out of a fixed berth or other secured position

Antonyms

to dock

91 2.8

To bring a boat to a platform at the water and tie it up

Surface Forms

undock infinitive

undocked past

undocked past participle

undocking present participle

undocks third person singular

Morphology

undock = dock (transparent) = un + dock

Meaning is directly derived by the productive prefix 'un-' (reverse) applied to the verb 'dock', yielding 'move out of a dock'.

Etymology

The word undock combines the prefix un- meaning 'reverse' and dock meaning 'a place where a ship is tied up'. So, to undock is to 'reverse' the docking and move a ship or spacecraft out of its dock.