Dock and Stop

Dock

Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.

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Stop and dock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Dock".

Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Dock and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Dock" with "Stop", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

old	old dock	old stop
short	short dock	short stop
single	single dock	single stop
strong	strong dock	strong stop
Other adjectives: entire, hard, great, little, main, major, several, nearby.

dock ship

stop ship

In Maskerade, after Nanny Ogg makes them stop the coach while she goes in the bushes, she asks Granny Weatherwax to find her some dock plants.

Source: Toilet Paper Substitute
But... Artificial Stupidity: With that said, friendly AI pilots a nasty tendency to tie down the rearming ship for ages because they'll never stop for it to dock until all enemies are destroyed.

Source: Video Game / Blue Planet
Before anyone could stop him, Harry decided the best name for it was the Whatsup Dock.

Source: Literature / Cold Days

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