"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)
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  2. (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables): 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)
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  3. (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another. Categories (topical): Astronautics Translations ((molecular biology)): telakointi (Finnish), aggancio molecolare [masculine] (Italian) Translations (process of connecting one spacecraft to another): 對接 (Chinese Mandarin), 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 11 13 29 20 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 18 12 11 23 23 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 12 13 28 21 1 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(molecular biology)': 3 4 47 15 31 Disambiguation of 'process of connecting one spacecraft to another': 8 1 83 3 4
  4. (sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sexuality, Sex Translations (sex act): docking [common-gender] (Dutch), telakoituminen (Finnish), Docking [neuter] (German), ドッキング (Japanese)
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  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. Categories (topical): Molecular biology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cross-docking, docking station, space docking Coordinate_terms: berthing
Etymology number: 2

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
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Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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