docked 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of dock
1
as in shortened
to make less in extent or duration the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page

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2
as in shaved
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument the boxer's tail was docked soon after birth

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docked

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verb (2)

past tense of dock
as in landed
to stop at or near a place along the shore the cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning

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Recent Examples of docked
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Running back Kenneth Walker was fined $8,000 by the NFL for throwing the ball out of the end zone in the Chiefs’ season opener against the Denver Broncos, and guard Trey Smith was docked $6,750 for a chop block in that game. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 Electric tugs docked alongside an LNG carrier being loaded at the LNG Canada docks in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, July 14, 2025. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Ships believed to be from Myanmar were docked at the nearby Lumut naval base. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 What’s now a polished lodge—two- and three-story wings along the shoreline, fishing boats named Eel Grass and Sea Wolf docked out front—was a defunct forestry homestead when the Nation bought it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026 The firefighters immediately began spraying the vessel and brought the fire under control before the flames could spread to boats docked nearby and the surrounding properties, department spokeswoman Sandra King said in a statement. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 The team’s calculations didn’t bode well for anyone hoping to spot spaceships docked on TRAPPIST-1e. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026 There was more beer–and learning–waiting at the end of the two-hour drive to Vilshofen, where our AmaWaterways ship, AmaBella, was docked on the banks of the Danube. — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 The ship plugs into the grid to top up while docked at Birkenhead. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docked
  1. shortened
  2. shaved
  3. landed
  4. clipped
  5. anchored
  6. cut
  7. arrived
  8. trimmed
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  • Questions and answers have been shortened for brevity and focus.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Her campaign has been relatively free of major bumps since an appeals court in July cleared her path for a fourth run at the presidency, with a ruling that shortened a ban on seeking public office handed down to Le Pen for embezzling public funds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of shortened
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  • With his head shaved and his chest usually bared, Yousuke Yukimatsu melds body and machine to choreograph intensely physical sonic marathons.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Cook, when his head is not shaved as in his prison mugshot, has red hair.
    — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaved
Verb
  • His pass was intercepted on the first play from scrimmage and again late in the first half, when his throw landed right in the belly of linebacker Ernest Jones IV.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Japan's military said the missile landed in waters outside its exclusive economic zone.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of landed
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  • The 21-year-old Dvorsky had his open shot at the net when goalie Jake Oettinger fell down after getting clipped by teammate Roope Hintz.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That's one reason medical pulse oximeters are clipped onto patients' fingers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of clipped
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  • Kyle Stanley, a media scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno who has studied the MCU, noted that Iron Man was a lower-level hero when the company decided to build a movie around him, and Downey was not the kind of star who anchored blockbusters.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • South of Roosevelt, the initial portions of The 78 are now under construction, and early planning is underway for the land west of the river anchored by a new Sox Park.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of anchored
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  • For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Staff cut raw chicken and then proceeded to cut lamb without washing, rinsing and sanitizing cutting boards and prep tables.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cut
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  • After the man arrived in Nairobi, his relatives took him in a private vehicle to Nairobi Hospital, where he was immediately isolated.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Longstanding staff have stayed and new ones, courtesy of Mandarin Oriental, have arrived.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • Throw on an oversize black pantsuit, add a filament-thin chain at the waist and let your untucked shirt, trimmed with a random assortment of little baubles, peek out at the bottom.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Ng trimmed his price target to $140 per share from $144, but said Disney is too compelling to ignore at current levels.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of trimmed

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“Docked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docked. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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