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UNDOCK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take (a ship) out of a dock

Example:

undock the ship

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "undock" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

dock (maneuver into a dock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move out of a dock

Example:

We undocked at noon

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "undock" is one way to...):

exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Antonym:

dock (come into dock)

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