Commentary: an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
Examples:
John yelled at the plaintiff from the dock at the beginning of the trial.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: sorrel - any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in fold medicine
Examples:
The recipe calls for six oz. dock root.
Kate makes a dye from dock.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: wharf, wharfage, dockage, docking facility - landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired, may have gates to let water in and out
Examples:
The ship arrived at the dock more than a day late.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3 5
Commentary: a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
Examples:
The dock is in use right now, Earl, you'll have to wait.
The line for the dock was almost twenty trucks long.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the long hair
Examples:
The hair grows out of the dock of the tail.
This horse has a longer dock than most.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: bob - a short or shortened tail of certain animals
Examples:
The dock on the pit bull wagged furiously when Fido came to visit.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 7