noun Download 🔗Share 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-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK. Examples : "If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor." medicine person job science human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "My uncle is a doctor; he has a Ph.D. in physics. " education job person degree Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals. Examples : "The doctors at the animal clinic helped my dog get better after he ate something bad. " animal medicine job person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions. Examples : ""The company hired deal doctors to help them negotiate the merger agreement." " business job person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man. Examples : "The university boasts many doctors of philosophy who are leading experts in their fields. " medicine job person education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency. Examples : "the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter" technology machine device utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fish, the friar skate. Examples : "The fishermen off the coast of Scotland sometimes catch doctors, which are a type of skate. " fish Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To act as a medical doctor to. Examples : "Her children doctored her back to health." medicine job service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To act as a medical doctor. Examples : ""After the accident, a trained paramedic quickly arrived to doctor the injured at the scene." " medicine job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon. Examples : "The university will doctor her next spring, after she successfully defends her dissertation. " education achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior. Examples : "They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick." medicine body physiology action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To genetically alter an extant species. Examples : "Scientists hope to doctors crop plants to be more resistant to drought, increasing food production. " biology technology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document. Examples : "He tried to doctor the school attendance record to hide his frequent absences. " law business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take medicine. Examples : "The student needed to doctor the report before turning it in. " medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading