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to dry-dock

to dry-dock

1 7.0
To move a ship out of the water so people can fix or clean its bottom
  • verb
  • /ˈdraɪˌdɒk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : varar
  • The boat needs to be dry-docked for repairs after hitting a rock.

Examples

  • Jammed next to the remains of the Bonaventure Hotel is the Queen Mary, permanently dry-docked between the broken skyscrapers by the Big One.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • - Orville H. Masterson... ...chief boatswain's mate, United States Navy... ...attached to the submarine Shark, now dry-docked at San Diego.

    South Sea Woman (1953)

  • I had to figure some way to dry dock her.

    Underwater! (1955)

  • I'm having her put in dry dock to check her bottom.

    White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

  • How soon can we dry-dock her?.

    Midway (1976)

  • Once we're done at the scene, we'll want her re-floated, dry-docked in Devonport, so we can continue our work there.

    Bombshell (2016)

  • It's dry docked.

    Cost of Living (1997)

  • To maintain the vessel, it is essential to dry-dock it for an inspection every two years.

  • Before the renovations begin, we have to dry-dock the yacht to check for any damage below the waterline.

Synonyms

to drydock
vsto dry-dock
  • Specialized
7.6

To move a ship into a dock emptied of water for repair or maintenance

is specifically for repairing, cleaning, or inspecting below the waterline

Antonyms

to launch
∞ 3.4

To make something move, for example a boat or rocket

Surface Forms

dry-dock infinitive
dry-docked past
dry-docked past participle
dry-docking present participle
dry-docks third person singular

Morphology

dry-dock = dry dock (transparent) = dry + dock

The verb directly denotes putting a ship into a dry dock, so the meaning is easy to recover from the base noun phrase.

Etymology

Dry-dock comes from two plain words, dry ('not wet') and dock ('a place for ships'). So to dry-dock a ship is to take it into a dock emptied of water so people can repair or clean the hull.