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1.nounA 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."If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor."
2.nounA 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.nounA veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
4.nounA nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
5.nounA teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
6.nounAny 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"
7.nounA fish, the friar skate.
8.verbTo act as a medical doctor to."Her children doctored her back to health."
9.verbTo act as a medical doctor.
10.verbTo make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
11.verbTo 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."
12.verbTo genetically alter an extant species."Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored."
13.verbTo alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
14.verbTo take medicine.