Word Study
vet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vet has 2 senses
- vet(n = noun.person) veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon - a doctor who practices veterinary medicine; Array is a kind of doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician
- vet(n = noun.person) ex-serviceman, veteran - a person who has served in the armed forces; Array is a member of american legion, veterans of foreign wars, vfw
has particulars: horse doctor
Derived forms verb vet4, verb vet1
has particulars: legionnaire
is a kind of man, military man, military personnel, serviceman
Verb vet has 4 senses
- vet(v = verb.social) Array - work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years" is one way to be, follow
- vet(v = verb.perception) Array - examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out" is one way to inspect
- vet(v = verb.body) Array - provide (a person) with medical care; Array is one way to care for, treat
- vet(v = verb.body) Array - provide veterinary care for; Array is one way to doctor
Derived form noun vet1
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Derived form noun vet1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
vet, n. & v.
--n. colloq. a veterinary surgeon.
--v.tr. (vetted, vetting)
1 make a careful and critical examination of (a scheme, work, candidate, etc.).
2 examine or treat (an animal).
--n. colloq. a veterinary surgeon.
--v.tr. (vetted, vetting)
1 make a careful and critical examination of (a scheme, work, candidate, etc.).
2 examine or treat (an animal).
vet, n. US colloq. a veteran.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
vet
bone, campaigner, canvass, check over, check up, con, contemplate, dig, drill, elucubrate, examine, examine thoroughly, eye, give the eye, give the once-over, go deep into, go over, grind, hard look, horse doctor, inspect, leer, leer at, look closely at, look over, lucubrate, new, ogle, ogle at, old, old campaigner, old hand, old pro, old salt, old sea dog, old soldier, old-time, old-timer, perlustrate, perscrutate, peruse, plunge into, pore, pore over, practical, practice, practiced, read, regard studiously, restudy, review, salt, scrutinize, seasoned, seasoned veteran, shellback, size up, skilled, study, survey, swot, take a long, take stock of, versed, veteran, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, wade through, war-horseROGET THESAURUS
vet
Husbandry
N husbandry, taming, circuration, zoohygiantics, domestication, domesticity, manege, veterinary art, farriery, breeding, pisciculture, menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, bear pit, aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive, hive, aquarium, fishery, duck pond, fish pond, phthisozoics, euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction, neatherd, cowherd, shepherd, grazier, drover, cowkeeper, trainer, breeder, apiarian, apiarist, bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier, horse leech, horse doctor, vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon, cage, hencoop, bird cage, cauf, range, sheepfold, pastoral, bucolic, tame, domestic.
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