doctor

doc|tor1 [ `daktər ] noun count ***

1. ) someone whose job is to treat people who are sick or injured. When written as a title, the abbreviation of doctor is Dr. A doctor who performs medical operations is called a surgeon. Someone being treated by a doctor or nurse is called a patient:

Hannah had always wanted to be a doctor.

Doctor Jones specializes in heart problems.

go to/see a doctor: Have you seen a doctor yet?

ask/consult a doctor: If you are overweight, consult your doctor before trying these exercises.

2. ) someone who has the highest degree given by a university:

a doctor of theology

The research team is headed up by Doctor Beth Levinson.

just what the doctor ordered

something that is exactly what you need or want:

Our vacation in Tahiti was just what the doctor ordered.

doctor

doc|tor 2 [ `daktər ] verb

1. ) transitive to change something, especially facts or numbers, in order to make people believe something that is not true:

Experts suspected the police evidence had been doctored.

2. ) transitive to add a substance to food or drink, especially a harmful substance:

We suspected that the horse's feed had been doctored with drugs.

doctor up (=improve): I had to doctor up the soup a little to make it taste better.

3. ) intransitive or transitive AMERICAN INFORMAL to cure or treat a person or an illness:

He's been doctoring for over 40 years.