1. The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
   "The docking of the cruise ship took place smoothly despite the strong winds";
   - moorage, dockage, tying up

1. Manoeuvre into a dock
   "dock the ships"
    
2. Come into dock
   "the ship docked"
    
3. Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
   "The company docked his pay for being late"
    
4. Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
   "They docked the puppy's tail";
   - tail, bob
    
5. Connect two spacecraft or space vehicles in orbit
   "The supply ship docked with the space station"

Derived forms: dockings

Type of: arrival, channelise [Brit], channelize, come in, cut, deprive, direct, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, guide, head, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], move into, point, steer

Antonym: undock

Encyclopedia: Docking, Norfolk