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English
Etymology
From un- + dock.
Pronunciation
Verb
undock (third-person singular simple present undocks, present participle undocking, simple past and past participle undocked)
- (transitive) To remove (a ship) from a dock.
- (astronautics) To depart a spaceship from a dock/berth/mount/mooring under its own power
- (transitive, computing) To remove from a docking station.
After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power.
- (transitive, computing) To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.
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Translations
a computer term for dragging an element from its fixed position