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undock en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English dock English undock From un- + dock.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock.
  2. (transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock. ▸ To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
  3. (transitive) To remove from a docking station.
    • After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.
  4. (transitive) To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
undocked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
undocked Tense=Past lexicographic
undocks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
undocking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Coordinates

unmoor (ship, spaceship) · unberth (ship, spaceship)

Deriveds

undockable · undocking

Translations (1)

mi tauwehe (a computer term for dragging an element from its fixed position)