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doctor
[dok-ter]
noun
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree.
He is a Doctor of Philosophy.
Older Slang.Ìýa cook, as at a camp or on a ship.
Machinery.Ìýany of various minor mechanical devices, especially one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process.
Angling.Ìýany of several artificial flies, especially the silver doctor.
an eminent scholar and teacher.
verb (used with object)
to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to.
He feels he can doctor himself for just a common cold.
to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to.
He doctored his cold at home.
to restore to original or working condition; repair; mend.
She was able to doctor the chipped vase with a little plastic cement.
to tamper with; falsify.
He doctored the birthdate on his passport.
to add a foreign substance to; adulterate.
Someone had doctored the drink.
to revise, alter, or adapt (a photograph, manuscript, etc.) in order to serve a specific purpose or to improve the material.
to doctor a play.
to award a doctorate to.
He did his undergraduate work in the U.S. and was doctored at Oxford.
verb (used without object)
to practice medicine.
Older Use.Ìýto take medicine; receive medical treatment.
Metallurgy.Ìý(of an article being electroplated) to receive plating unevenly.
doctor
/ ˈdÉ’ktÉ™, dÉ’kˈtÉ”Ërɪəl /
noun
a person licensed to practise medicine
a person who has been awarded a higher academic degree in any field of knowledge
a person licensed to practise dentistry or veterinary medicine
Also called: Doctor of the Church.Ìý(often capital) a title given to any of several of the leading Fathers or theologians in the history of the Christian Church down to the late Middle Ages whose teachings have greatly influenced orthodox Christian thought
angling any of various gaudy artificial flies
informalÌýa person who mends or repairs things
slangÌýa cook on a ship or at a camp
archaicÌýa man, esp a teacher, of learning
a device used for local repair of electroplated surfaces, consisting of an anode of the plating material embedded in an absorbent material containing the solution
(in a paper-making machine) a blade that is set to scrape the roller in order to regulate the thickness of pulp or ink on it
a cool sea breeze blowing in some countries
the Cape doctor
slangÌýto make a great effort or move very fast, esp in a horse race
something needed or desired
verb
(tr)
to give medical treatment to
to prescribe for (a disease or disorder)
informalÌý(intr) to practise medicine
he doctored in Easter Island for six years
(tr) to repair or mend, esp in a makeshift manner
(tr) to make different in order to deceive, tamper with, falsify, or adulterate
(tr) to adapt for a desired end, effect, etc
(tr) to castrate (a cat, dog, etc)
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- doctoral adjective
- doctorial adjective
- doctorally adverb
- doctorially adverb
- doctorless adjective
- doctorship noun
- subdoctor noun
- superdoctor noun
- underdoctor noun
- undoctored adjective
- ˈ»å´Ç³¦³Ù´Ç°ù²¹±ô adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of doctor1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Over the weekend, doctors said 270 bodies had been recovered from the site of the crash.
Surgical skills developed by doctors in war zones are now routinely being used to treat victims of gun and knife crime.
Although doctors recommended he stay at least overnight for observation, he insisted he felt fine and needed to get back to work.
Back at the hospital, doctors are racing to complete the DNA sampling of the victims so that they can start returning bodies to their families.
As Lucy, she is refreshingly droll, hitting the film’s comedic beats with a softer touch that lends itself to her character’s tendency to play the spin doctor.
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