Dock, v. a.
- 1. Curtail, clip, cut short.
- 2. Shorten, lessen, deduct from.
- 3. Put into a dock (as a vessel).
Doctor, n.
- 1. Instructor, teacher.
- 2. Adept, savant, learned man.
- 3. Physician, medical practitioner.
Doctress, n. Female physician.
Doctrinaire, n. [Fr.] Theorist, ideologist, unpractical thinker, preacher of abstractions.
Doctrine, n. Dogma, tenet, opinion, precept, principle.
Document, n. Paper, writing (official).
Dodge, v. n.
- 1. Start aside, shift place suddenly, duck.
- 2. (Colloq.) Shuffle, evade, equivocate, quibble, prevaricate, use artifice, play fast and loose, be evasive.
Dodge, v. a. Evade (by starting or ducking).
Dodge, n.
- 1. Starting aside.
- 2. (Colloq.) Evasion, artifice, trick, subterfuge, quibble, cavil.
Dodo, n. Dronte.
Doe, n. She-deer, female deer (particularly of the fallow deer).
Doer, n. Actor, operator, performer, agent, executor.
Doff, v. a. Put off, lay aside.
Dog-days, n. pl. Canicular days.