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undock

undock verb: to remove (a ship) from a dock.

Verb

undock (third-person singular simple present undocks, present participle undocking, simple past and past participle undocked)

  1. (transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock.
    1. (transitive) To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
  2. (transitive) To remove from a docking station.
    • After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.
  3. (transitive) To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.

Forms of undock

third-person singular presentundocks
present participleundocking
past participleundocked
pastundocked

Origin of undock

From un- + dock.

Words formed from undock

Words that rhyme with undock

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Questions about undock

What does undock mean?
Undock means to remove (a ship) from a dock.
What part of speech is undock?
Undock is a verb.
What is the past tense of undock?
The past tense of undock is undocked.

Words near undock in the dictionary

  1. undoable
  2. undoables
  3. undoably
  4. undocile
  5. undocility
  6. undock
  7. undockable
  8. undocked
  9. undocketed
  10. undocking
  11. undockings

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