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- [deer]
- /dɪər/
- /dɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [deer]
- /dɪər/
Definitions of deer word
- countable noun deer A deer is a large wild animal that eats grass and leaves. A male deer usually has large, branching horns. 3
- noun deer any ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the family Cervidae, including reindeer, elk, muntjacs, and roe deer, typically having antlers in the male 3
- noun deer any of a family (Cervidae) of ruminants, including the elk, moose, and reindeer; esp., the smaller species, as the white-tailed deer and mule deer: in most species, usually only the males grow and shed bony antlers annually 3
- noun deer any animal; beast 3
- noun plural deer any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers. 1
- noun plural deer any of the smaller species of this family, as distinguished from the moose, elk, etc. 1
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Origin of deer
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English der, Old English dēor beast; akin to Gothic dius beast, Old High German tior
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Parts of speech for Deer
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deer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for deer
noun deer
- hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- cow — A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
- pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
- swine — any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
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