Contextualizebeta

undock

verb

Etymology

From un- + dock.

  1. inherited from *dʰew-✻ — “dark”
  2. inherited from *dukkǭ✻
  3. inherited from *dokkā✻
  4. inherited from docce
  5. inherited from dokke
  6. prefixed as undock — “un + dock”

Definitions

  1. To remove (a ship) from a dock.

  2. To remove from a docking station.

    • After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.

  3. To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so…

    To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.

The neighborhood

Derived

undocking

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for undock. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA