docking [dok]
Main Entry:
dock [dok]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: land on the waterfront
Synonyms: anchor, berth, drop anchor, hook up, join, link up, moor, put in, rendezvous, tie up, unite
Notes: a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water'
Antonyms: set sail, ship out
Main Entry: clip
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut short
Synonyms: bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, trim, truncate
Antonyms: lengthen
Main Entry: coming
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: approaching, promising
Synonyms: about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming
Main Entry: curtail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut short; abridge
Synonyms: abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate
Antonyms: extend, increase, lengthen, prolong
Main Entry: deduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take away or out; reduce
Synonyms: abstract, allow, bate, cut back, decrease by, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, roll back, subtract, take, take from, take off, withdraw, write off
Notes: deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another
Antonyms: add, increase, raise
Main Entry: deprive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: keep or take away something wanted, needed
Synonyms: bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest
Antonyms: appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply
Main Entry: fine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: penalize in monetary way
Synonyms: alienate, amerce, confiscate, dock*, exact, extort, hit with, levy, make pay, mulct, pay through the nose, punish, sconce, seize, sequestrate, slap with, tax, throw book at
Antonyms: award, compensate, reimburse, reward
Main Entry: ground
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrict; drop in place
Synonyms: bar, beach, bring down, dock, down, fell, floor, knock down, land, level, mow down, prevent, strand
Antonyms: free, let go, liberate
Main Entry: land
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrive, come to rest on
Synonyms: alight, berth, bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, debark, descend upon, disembark, ditch, dock, drop anchor, flatten out, get down, ground, level off, light on, make land, pilot, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, settle, sit down, splash down, steer, take down, thump, touch down
Antonyms: ascend, take off
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