anglais > français | |
doctor | |
1. n. Médecin, docteur. | |
2. n. (Éduc) Docteur. | |
3. v. Soigner. | |
4. v. Falsifier. | |
Passport had been doctored by the gang and was destined for a fugitive criminal — Le passeport a été falsifié par le gang et devait servir à un criminel en fuite. | |
5. v. Empoisonner. | |
anglais > anglais | |
doctor | |
1. 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. | |
2. 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. | |
3. n. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals. | |
4. n. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions. | |
5. n. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man. | |
6. 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". | |
7. n. A fish, the friar skate. | |
8. v. To act as a medical doctor to. | |
Her children doctored her back to health. | |
9. v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor. | |
10. v. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon. | |
11. 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. | |
12. v. To genetically alter an extant species. | |
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored. | |
13. 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. | |
14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine. | |
français > anglais | |
docteur | |
1. n-m. a doctor (physician) | |
2. n-m. a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor | |