UNDOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undock mean? 

• UNDOCK (verb)
  The verb UNDOCK has 2 senses:

1. move out of a dock

2. take (a ship) out of a dock

  Familiarity information: UNDOCK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDOCK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they undock    ... he / she / it undocks   
Past simple: undocked   
Past participle: undocked   
-ing form: undocking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move out of a dock

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

We undocked at noon

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take (a ship) out of a dock

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

undock the ship

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)