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UNDOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undock mean?
• UNDOCK (verb)
The verb UNDOCK has 2 senses:
2. take (a ship) out of a dock
Familiarity information: UNDOCK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: undocked
Past participle: undocked
-ing form: undocking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move out of a dock
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We undocked at noon
Hypernyms (to "undock" is one way to...):
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
dock (come into dock)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take (a ship) out of a dock
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
undock the ship
Hypernyms (to "undock" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
dock (maneuver into a dock)
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