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- [dof, dawf]
- /dɒf, dɔf/
- /dɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dof, dawf]
- /dɒf, dɔf/
Definitions of doff word
- verb with object doff to remove or take off, as clothing. 1
- verb with object doff to remove or tip (the hat), as in greeting. 1
- verb with object doff to throw off; get rid of: Doff your stupid ideas and join our side! 1
- verb with object doff Textiles. to strip (carded fiber) from a carding machine. to remove (full bobbins, material, etc.) from a textile machine. 1
- noun doff Textiles. the act of removing bobbins, material, etc., and stripping fibers from a textile machine. the material so doffed. 1
- noun doff Remove (an item of clothing). 1
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Origin of doff
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English, contraction of do off; cf. don1
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Parts of speech for Doff
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
doff popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for doff
verb doff
- shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- peel — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
- undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
- disrobe — Take off one's clothes.
- strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.
Antonyms for doff
verb doff
- clothe — To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear.
- put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- don — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
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