📖 D — The English dictionary · page 46

doc — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Doc is a short word for a doctor, often used when talking to them.↗ e.g. "Thanks, doc."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Doc is short for document, especially a computer file.↗ e.g. "Send me the doc."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A doc can be short for a documentary film.↗ Example: "Am I going to be okay, doc?"↗ · I'll put the notes in a shared doc.↗ · Open the doc and add your name.↗ · The doc said I should rest for two days.↗ · We watched a doc about sharks.↗ · Save the doc before you close it.↗

docile — Everyday, meaning 1: Quiet, calm and easy to control or teach.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (animals) Gentle and not likely to bite or fight.↗ Example: The old horse was docile and let the children ride him.↗ · Guinea pigs are usually docile pets.↗ · The farmer chose a docile breed of sheep.↗ · The tiger looked docile, but it was still dangerous.↗ · Manatees are large but docile animals.↗ · He was docile at school but wild at home.↗

dock — Everyday, meaning 1: A dock is a place in a harbour where ships stop to load or unload.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dock is a platform for boats, or (in America) a small wooden pier.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The dock is the place where the accused person stands in a court.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A dock is a stand that holds and charges a device.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To dock is for a ship or spacecraft to arrive and join up.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Dock is a weed whose big leaves are said to soothe nettle stings.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: To dock is to take away part of something, like marks or pay.↗ Example: The ship sailed into the dock.↗ · We sat on the dock with our feet in the lake.↗ · The spacecraft docked with the space station.↗ · Put the tablet back in its dock to charge.↗ · Rub a dock leaf on the nettle sting.↗ · The teacher docked two points for messy work.↗ · The man stood in the dock while the judge spoke.↗ · “Hear how it beats like a drum on the dock-leaves!” said Father Snail.↗

doctor — Everyday, meaning 1: A person trained to look after people who are ill or hurt and to help them get better.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person with the highest university degree (Dr).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, to change something in a sneaky way.↗ e.g. "doctored photos".↗ Example: I went to the doctor because I had a fever.↗ · The doctor listened to my heart.↗ · She wants to be a doctor.↗ · Take only the medicine the doctor gave you.↗ · A vet is a doctor for animals.↗ · Dr Smith is our family doctor.↗ · An apple a day keeps the doctor away.↗ · That photo has been doctored.↗ · "We've cured her," say the doctors.↗

doctored — Everyday, meaning 1: (of a pet) neutered, had an operation so it cannot have babies (old-fashioned, US).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: changed in a dishonest way (a doctored photo).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: treated medically, in a simple way.↗ Example: The photo had been doctored to add a ghost.↗ · We had our tomcat doctored.↗ · Police found the documents were doctored.↗ · She doctored her drink with extra sugar.↗ · The receipts were doctored to hide the money.↗ · Grandma doctored my cut knee with a plaster.↗ · When he had doctored people awhile, but not long, a rich and great lord had some money stolen.↗

doctrinal — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Having to do with a doctrine, a belief taught by a religion or group.↗

doctrine — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) A belief or set of beliefs taught by a church or religion, such as the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A set of ideas or rules that a government, army or group follows.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) A rule or principle that courts follow.↗ Example: The doctrine of the Trinity says God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.↗ · Different churches have different doctrines about baptism.↗ · The priest explained the church's doctrine.↗ · The leader's doctrine was to never give up land.↗ · Students of law learn about legal doctrines.↗ · Christians believe the doctrine of the resurrection.↗ · It is believed that in later times a still deeper meaning was conveyed by this beautiful myth, viz., the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.↗ · My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.↗ (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Attention must be called to the essential peculiarity of Hebrew doctrines, the inextricable and necessary associa- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The following interesting comment is from Rabbi Moses Botarel:-"It was Abraham our Father-blessed be he who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.↗ (Writings PRO.4.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'↗ (Writings JOB.11.4, JPS 1917)↗

document — Everyday, meaning 1: noun.↗ e.g. A document is a piece of paper or a computer file with official or important writing, such as a passport, letter or report.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun.↗ e.g. A document is any file you write on a computer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: verb.↗ e.g. To document something means to record it carefully in writing, photos or video.↗ Example: Please print the document and sign it.↗ · Bring your travel documents to the airport.↗ · I saved the document in my folder.↗ · Historians read old documents to learn about the past.↗ · We documented the plant's growth with photos every day.↗ · The film documents the life of a penguin family.↗ · It is for professional students of folk-lore to study the original documents for themselves.↗ · From the foregoing it is evident that so far we have no historic document by which to prove either the authorship or the exact age of the Sefer Yetzirah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

documentary — Everyday, meaning 1: A documentary is a film or TV programme about real people, places and events, giving facts and information.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Documentary (adjective) means made of documents, as in «documentary evidence».↗ Example: We watched a documentary about penguins.↗ · The documentary showed real footage from the war.↗ · Sir David Attenborough makes nature documentaries.↗ · Our class made a short documentary about recycling.↗ · Is this a documentary or a made-up story?↗ · There is documentary evidence that the castle was built by the king.↗

documentation — Everyday, meaning 1: Official papers or records that prove something, such as passports, certificates or receipts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Written instructions or information that explain how something works, such as a manual for a program.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Recording facts or events in writing, photos or video.↗ Example: You need the right documentation to travel abroad.↗ · Please bring documentation showing your address.↗ · The documentation explains how to set up the robot.↗ · We kept careful documentation of our plant experiment with daily photos.↗ · (formal) Applicants must provide supporting documentation.↗ · The app has clear online documentation.↗

dodge — Everyday, meaning 1: To dodge is to move quickly to one side to avoid being hit or caught.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To dodge something is to avoid it in a clever or dishonest way (dodge a question, dodge a job).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dodge is a quick movement to one side, or a clever trick to avoid something.↗ Example: He dodged the ball just in time.↗ · We played dodgeball in PE.↗ · The rabbit dodged the fox and ran into its hole.↗ · She dodged the question by changing the subject.↗ · My brother always tries to dodge washing up.↗ · We dodged between the raindrops to the car.↗ · The cyclist dodged a puddle.↗ · He dodged here and there with the hounds at his heels.↗

dodgy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Dishonest or likely to be illegal; not to be trusted: «a dodgy deal».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Not working well, unsafe or likely to break: «a dodgy knee», «dodgy brakes».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Of poor quality or a bit bad: «a dodgy haircut», «a dodgy curry».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) Risky or uncertain: «The weather looks dodgy.».↗ Example: (UK) That website looks dodgy — don't type your password in.↗ · Grandad has a dodgy knee, so he walks slowly.↗ · The wifi is a bit dodgy today.↗ · (Australia) He sold us a dodgy bike with no brakes.↗ · I had a dodgy kebab and felt sick all night.↗ · That's a dodgy plan; we'll get caught.↗ · The weather looks dodgy, bring a coat.↗

dodo — Everyday, meaning 1: The dodo was a large, plump bird that could not fly and lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; it became extinct after sailors arrived and hunted it, and brought animals that ate its eggs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «As dead as a dodo» means completely gone or finished.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A dodo can mean an old-fashioned or silly person.↗ Example: The dodo lived only on the island of Mauritius.↗ · The dodo could not fly.↗ · Dodos became extinct soon after sailors arrived.↗ · The dodo was not afraid of people, so it was easy to catch.↗ · A Dodo runs a race in «Alice in Wonderland».↗ · That old game is as dead as a dodo.↗ · We saw a model of a dodo in the museum.↗ · Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem; (Prophets 2SA.23.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Also the mighty men of valour: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem; (Writings 1CH.11.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.↗ (Writings 1CH.11.12, JPS 1917)↗

doe — Everyday, meaning 1: A doe is a female deer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Females of rabbits, hares, goats and kangaroos are also called does.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The male deer is a buck or stag, and the baby is a fawn.↗ Example: There are 5 does and 3 bucks in the field.↗ · Each doe has 2 fawns.↗ · How many deer in all?↗ · The doe ran away.↗ · A doe and her fawn drank from the stream.↗ · The rabbit doe made a nest.↗ · We saw three does at the edge of the wood.↗ · When he returned, the white doe was gone.↗ · A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.↗ (Writings PRO.5.19, JPS 1917)↗

doer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who does something; often used in compounds such as evil-doer.↗ Example: The evil-doers were caught by the guards.↗ · She was a quick doer of good deeds.↗ · Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers?↗ (Writings PSA.94.16, JPS 1917)↗ · I hate the gathering of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.↗ (Writings PSA.26.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers; (Writings JOB.8.20, JPS 1917)↗

doest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Do something, with "thou" as the subject.↗ Example: And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good.↗ (Torah EXO.18.17, JPS 1917) · But now, see that thou doest my second task."↗ Then she gave him her second command.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou doest.↗ (Torah GEN.21.22, JPS 1917)

doeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject.↗ Example: And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel doeth valiantly.↗ (Torah NUM.24.18, JPS 1917) · Now she was gentle and strong as a wife can be; and from her lips came the words of faith: "Whatever He doeth is right and best."↗ (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people.↗ (Torah LEV.23.30, JPS 1917)

dog — Everyday, meaning 1: A dog is an animal kept as a pet or for work that barks and wags its tail.↗ A dog has 4 legs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Wild dogs include wolves, foxes and dingoes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To dog someone is to follow them closely, or to keep troubling them: «dogged by bad luck».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (casual) Slang words for a dog: «doggo», «pupper», «pooch», «mutt» (a dog of mixed kind); «dawg» (US slang) means a friend.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «Dog-tired» means very tired; «it's a dog's life» means a hard life; «the dog's dinner» (UK) means a mess.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (rude) Calling a person a «dog» is a nasty insult; «dog» can mean something bad: «this phone's a dog».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (euphemism) «We had to put the dog down» or «the dog went to sleep» means it was killed kindly because it was very old or ill.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) Exams and science say «canine», «domestic dog», «Canis familiaris» and «the quadruped».↗ Example: Sam has 3 dogs.↗ · Each dog eats 2 cups of food a day.↗ · How many legs do 4 dogs have?↗ · She walks the dog for 30 minutes.↗ · The dog wagged its tail.↗ · Always ask before you pet a dog.↗ · A guide dog helps a blind person.↗ · The puppy will grow into a big dog.↗ · can i pet him?? he's growling (No, leave him and walk away slowly.)↗ · Keep your mutt off my lawn, it's dug 3 holes!↗ · Our old dog was very ill, so the vet put him down.↗ · Each canine consumes 2 cups of food per day.↗ Compute the aggregate consumption of 3 canines over a period of 5 days.↗ · Did he indeed? a greedy dog.↗ · And ye shall be holy men unto Me; therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.↗ (Torah EXO.22.31, JPS 1917)↗ · But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.↗ (Torah EXO.11.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.↗ (Torah DEU.23.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Deliver my soul from the sword; mine only one from the power of the dog.↗ (Writings PSA.22.21, JPS 1917)↗ · They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city.↗ (Writings PSA.59.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And they return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city; (Writings PSA.59.15, JPS 1917)↗