doctor
Definition
- n. a licensed medical practitioner
- n. children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
- n. a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
- v. give medical treatment to
Word forms
- Present participle
- doctoring
- Past tense
- doctored
- Third person singular
- doctors
- Past participle
- doctored
Example sentences
n.
My doctor advised me to exercise regularly for better health.
vt.
The committee decided to doctor the report before its final submission.
vi.
After many years of studying, she finally started to doctor in her hometown.