Doctorship

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian. 1.2 a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree 1.3 Doctor of the Church. 1.4 Older Slang . a cook, as at a camp or on a ship. 1.5 Machinery . any of various minor mechanical devices, esp. one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process. 1.6 Angling . any of several artificial flies, esp. the silver doctor. 1.7 an eminent scholar and teacher. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to 2.2 to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to 2.3 to restore to original or working condition; repair; mend 2.4 to tamper with; falsify 2.5 to add a foreign substance to; adulterate 2.6 to revise, alter, or adapt (a photograph, manuscript, etc.) in order to serve a specific purpose or to improve the material 2.7 to award a doctorate to 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to practice medicine. 3.2 Older Use . to take medicine; receive medical treatment. 3.3 Metallurgy . (of an article being electroplated) to receive plating unevenly.

Noun

a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.

a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree

He is a Doctor of Philosophy.

Doctor of the Church.

Older Slang . a cook, as at a camp or on a ship.

Machinery . any of various minor mechanical devices, esp. one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process.

Angling . any of several artificial flies, esp. the silver doctor.

an eminent scholar and teacher.

Verb (used with object)

to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to

He feels he can doctor himself for just a common cold.

to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to

He doctored his cold at home.

to restore to original or working condition; repair; mend

She was able to doctor the chipped vase with a little plastic cement.

to tamper with; falsify

He doctored the birthdate on his passport.

to add a foreign substance to; adulterate

Someone had doctored the drink.

to revise, alter, or adapt (a photograph, manuscript, etc.) in order to serve a specific purpose or to improve the material

to doctor a play.

to award a doctorate to

He did his undergraduate work in the U.S. and was doctored at Oxford.

Verb (used without object)

to practice medicine.

Older Use . to take medicine; receive medical treatment.

Metallurgy . (of an article being electroplated) to receive plating unevenly.