Doctor | |
1. n. The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name. | |
The students asked to see Doctor Jones. | |
Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure. | |
Well, Doctor, what do you think? Will he live? | |
2. n. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-n | |
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor. | |
3. n. A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university. | |
4. n. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals. | |
5. n. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions. | |
6. n. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man. | |
7. n. (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency. | |
the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter | |
the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine". | |
8. n. A fish, the friar skate. | |
9. v. To act as a medical doctor to. | |
Her children doctored her back to health. | |
10. v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor. | |
11. v. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon. | |
12. v. To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior. | |
They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick. | |
We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido. | |
13. v. To genetically alter an extant species. | |
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored. | |
14. v. To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document. | |
To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery. | |
15. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine. | |