patience — meaning in English

English meaning

• dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
• patience noun The ability to wait calmly or endure difficulty without becoming frustrated.

Senses

patience is used for these senses in English:

• dock Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

dock — full definition

1. noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
2. verb To bring a ship into a dock, or for a spacecraft to connect to another craft or station.
3. verb To deduct an amount from someone's pay or score as a penalty.
4. noun The enclosed area in a courtroom where the accused sits during a trial.
5. noun A weedy plant with broad leaves, traditionally rubbed on nettle stings.

patience — full definition

1. noun The ability to wait calmly or endure difficulty without becoming frustrated.
2. noun A card game played by one person, arranging cards in a set order (also called solitaire).

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