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doctor
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doctor |
1. doctor |
Engels > Engels |
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. |
Nederlands > Engels |
doctor |
1. n-m. doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) |
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I regarded him as the best doctor in town. Ik beschouwde hem als de beste dokter van de stad. He is no good as a doctor. Hij deugt niet als dokter. I'm a doctor. Ik ben arts. What'd the doctor say? Wat heeft de dokter gezegd? The doctor suggested that he should give up smoking. De arts stelde voor dat hij zou ophouden met roken. |
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