bobtail bob dock | a short or shortened tail of certain animals |
dock | the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair |
AND circuit AND gate | a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire |
arrival gate | gate where passengers disembark |
departure gate | gate where passengers embark |
dock dockage docking facility | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired, may have gates to let water in or out, the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late |
dock | an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial |
dock loading dock | a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded |
dry dock drydock graving dock | a large dock from which water can be pumped out, used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline |
floating dock floating dry dock | dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised |
gate | a movable barrier in a fence or wall |
gate logic gate | a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs |
gate | passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark |
Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
head gate | a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end |
lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
NAND circuit NAND gate | a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate |
OR circuit OR gate | a gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire |
pier wharf wharfage dock | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles, provides access to ships and boats |
sluicegate sluice valve floodgate penstock head gate water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
starting gate starting stall | a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course |
tail gate | a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
wicket wicket door wicket gate | small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) |
X-OR circuit XOR circuit XOR gate | gate for exclusive OR, a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire |
Dipylon gate Dipylon | a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found |
Golden Gate | a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean, discovered in by Sir Francis Drake |
stevedore loader longshoreman docker dockhand dock worker dockworker dock-walloper lumper | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
American feverfew wild quinine prairie dock Parthenium integrifolium | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers, leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns |
prince's-feather princess feather kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate prince's-plume Polygonum orientale | annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers, southeastern Asia and Australia, naturalized in North America |
dock sorrel sour grass | any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine |
sour dock garden sorrel Rumex acetosa | European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens |
bitter dock broad-leaved dock yellow dock Rumex obtusifolius | European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America |
gate | total admission receipts at a sports event |
gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment |
give the axe give the bounce give the gate | terminate a relationship abruptly, Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman |
dock | maneuver into a dock, dock the ships |
dry-dock drydock | maneuver (a ship) into a drydock |
dock tail bob | remove or shorten the tail of an animal |
gate | control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate |
barge in crash gate-crash | enter uninvited, informal, let's crash the party! |
dock | come into dock, the ship docked |
dock | deduct from someone's wages |
dock | deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty |
gate | supply with a gate, The house was gated |