doctor (
http://definr.com/doctor)
n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
see my doctor" [syn:
doc,
physician,
MD,
Dr.,
medico]
2: a leading theologian in the history of the Roman Catholic
Church; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced
Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" [syn:
Doctor,
Doctor of the Church]
3: children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and
pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children
explored each other's bodies by playing the game of
doctor"
4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic
institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
[syn:
Dr.]
v 1: alter with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose
water with geraniol" [syn:
sophisticate,
doctor up]
2: give medical treatment to
3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my
shoes please" [syn:
repair,
mend,
fix,
bushel, {furbish
up},
restore,
touch on] [ant:
break]