undock

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verb

To remove (a ship) from a dock.

“After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.”

Opposite
dock
OriginEnglish dock ← Dutch dok ← Middle Dutch docke →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person undocks · participle present undocking · participle past undocked · past undocked

  1. transitiveTo remove (a ship) from a dock.
    1. transitivespace flightTo depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power.
  2. transitivecomputingTo remove from a docking station.

    After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.

  3. transitivecomputingTo drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmove out of a dock

Opposite
dock
Broader
exitgo outget out

verbtake (a ship) out of a dock

Opposite
dock
Broader
removetaketake away

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Middle Dutchdocke
  10. Dutchdok
  11. Englishdock
  12. Englishundock

From un- + dock.

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Translations

Māori tauwehe
  • tauwehea computer term for dragging an element from its fixed position

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with undock

stockblockdocclocklockshockprocbangkokocsocunlockdockknocksockmockflockbrockrocblocbaroquelockelochVOCwok
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Cite this entry
APA

undock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undock

MLA

“undock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undock.

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