"docking" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-docking.ogg Forms: dockings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English dockyng. By surface analysis, dock + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dockyng}} Middle English dockyng, {{surf|+suf|en|dock|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} By surface analysis, dock + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} docking (plural dockings)
  1. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal. Translations (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal): kupering [common-gender] (Danish), studsning [common-gender] (Danish), typistäminen (Finnish), caudectomie [feminine] (French), caudotomia [feminine] (Italian), taglio della coda (Italian), купірування (kupiruvannja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-docking-en-noun-0TiCLe28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 14 26 20 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 13 11 28 20 1 2 Disambiguation of 'process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal': 82 3 6 6 4
  2. (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables. Translations (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables): amarrada [feminine] (Catalan), amarrament [masculine] (Catalan), dokning [common-gender] (Danish), kiinnittyminen (Finnish), kiinnittäminen (Finnish), amarrage [masculine] (French), ormeggio [masculine] (Italian), attracco [masculine] (Italian), approdo [masculine] (Italian), dokking (note: for maintenance) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dokking (note: for maintenance) [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-docking-en-noun-gztPUtzB Categories (other): Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 14 26 20 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 13 11 28 20 1 2 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables': 4 86 1 5 3
  3. (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another. Translations (process of connecting one spacecraft to another): amarrament [masculine] (Catalan), 對接 /对接 (duìjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), sammenkobling [common-gender] (Danish), telakoituminen (Finnish), telakointi (Finnish), amarrage [masculine] (French), Docking [neuter] (German), aggancio [masculine] (Italian), attracco [masculine] (Italian), ドッキング (dokkingu) (Japanese), dokowanie (Polish), acoplamento [masculine] (Portuguese), стыко́вка (stykóvka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-docking-en-noun-I5dWi1Ky Categories (other): Astronautics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 14 26 20 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 13 11 28 20 1 2 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'process of connecting one spacecraft to another': 8 1 85 3 3
  4. (sexuality, slang, vulgar) The male homosexual sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins. Tags: slang, vulgar Translations (sex act): docking [common-gender] (Dutch), telakoituminen (Finnish), Docking [neuter] (German), ドッキング (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-docking-en-noun-Gcqndi-D Categories (other): Sexuality, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Sex Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 14 26 20 1 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 17 12 9 26 13 14 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 14 7 36 26 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 13 11 28 20 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 13 12 30 19 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 12 10 36 18 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 12 8 50 15 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 13 10 35 17 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 13 9 40 17 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 13 9 38 16 1 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 12 10 36 18 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 11 10 38 17 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 12 9 37 18 1 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 10 13 37 19 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 14 10 35 18 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 16 13 12 39 18 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 15 10 34 17 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 12 10 36 18 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 13 9 41 16 1 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 14 10 36 18 2 7 Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Topics: lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'sex act': 10 7 4 69 10
  5. (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex. Translations ((molecular biology)): telakointi (Finnish), aggancio molecolare [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-docking-en-noun-9bIo9wG9 Categories (other): Molecular biology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 14 26 20 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 13 11 28 20 1 2 Disambiguation of '(molecular biology)': 1 1 18 7 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autodocking, cross-docking, docking port, docking station, nondocking, redocking, space docking Coordinate_terms (securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship): berthing
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship': 14 33 28 13 12

Verb

Audio: En-au-docking.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Etymology: From dock + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|dock|ing|id2=participial}} dock + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} docking
  1. present participle and gerund of dock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dock
    Sense id: en-docking-en-verb-M5ha7YI~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 47 53
  2. (transitive verb) Culinary term for pricking many small holes into doughs and pastry. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-docking-en-verb-8ASNQsRq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "process of connecting one spacecraft to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggancio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "process of connecting one spacecraft to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attracco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "dokkingu",
      "sense": "process of connecting one spacecraft to another",
      "word": "ドッキング"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "process of connecting one spacecraft to another",
      "word": "dokowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "process of connecting one spacecraft to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acoplamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "stykóvka",
      "sense": "process of connecting one spacecraft to another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стыко́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "sex act",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "docking"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "sex act",
      "word": "telakoituminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sex act",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Docking"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "sense": "sex act",
      "word": "ドッキング"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "(molecular biology)",
      "word": "telakointi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "(molecular biology)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aggancio molecolare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "docking"
}

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