Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A veterinarian.
- intransitive verb To subject to veterinary evaluation, examination, medication, or surgery.
- intransitive verb To subject to thorough examination or evaluation.
- intransitive verb To engage in the practice of veterinary medicine.
- noun A veteran.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of veteran
- noun of veterinary.
- noun A colloquial contraction of veterinary (surgeon).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To thoroughly check or
investigate particularly with regard to providingformal approval . - noun colloquial A
veterinarian orveterinary surgeon . - noun colloquial A
veteran (a former soldier or other member of anarmed forces ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb work as a veterinarian
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- verb examine carefully
- noun a person who has served in the armed forces
- verb provide (a person) with medical care
- verb provide veterinary care for
Etymologies
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Examples
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Other than his stance on neutering, our vet is a lovely old man who is a fantastic diagnostician.
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Andrea "Andi" Pringle, and his nomination of Robert Mallett as chairman of the Board of Elections and Ethics - both of whom never served long enough to warm their assigned chairs she resigned; his nomination was withdrawn - that there's still some part of the word "vet" that Gray doesn't get.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Colbert I. King 2011
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Our vet is an old "large animal" vet but he is the only one we have semi-close.
Snakes in the Grass? 2009
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Our tour guide explained to them that my father was a vet from the war.
Archive 2009-05-01 Will 2009
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I was fortunate that my brother was in vet school at the time and was able to get me the pills for free.
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Our vet is an old "large animal" vet but he is the only one we have semi-close.
Snakes in the Grass? 2009
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Our tour guide explained to them that my father was a vet from the war.
Tour of my father's military areas | Que Son Mountains, Vietnam Will 2009
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The network obliged and the acting vet is expected to appear on the program one final time sometime this spring.
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A visit to a doggy dermatologist (referral from main vet) cost a friend of mine almost $1000 this past summer, and didn't do anything to solve the problem, despite three rounds of drugs and two biopsies.
Health Care Policy for Pets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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My little bitty Boston terrier has racked up over $2,000 in vet bills when she fell off a counter a couple of weeks ago.
slumry commented on the word vet
The colloquial sense of "subject to careful examination" comes from Kipling. Well, knock me over with a feather.
July 12, 2007
gulyasrobi commented on the word vet
"vet" in Hungarian means: to sow
August 1, 2012