doctor

N
Pronunciation
/ˈdɒktə/
/ˈdɑktɚ/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
2 Definition

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 Definition

A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

4 Definition

A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

5 Definition

A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

6 Definition

Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

Example Sentences
  • the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
7 Definition

A fish, the friar skate.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To act as a medical doctor to.

Example Sentences
  • Her children doctored her back to health.
2 Definition

To act as a medical doctor.

3 Definition

To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

4 Definition

To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

Example Sentences
  • They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
5 Definition

To genetically alter an extant species.

Example Sentences
  • Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
6 Definition

To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

7 Definition

To take medicine.