doff
(verb) remove; “He doffed his hat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
doff (third-person singular simple present doffs, present participle doffing, simple past and past participle doffed)
(clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
Synonym: take off
Antonym: don
To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
To get rid of, to throw off.
(reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
Source: Wiktionary
Doff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.] Etym: [Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]
1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.
2. To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.
Doff, v. i.
Definition: To put off dress; to take off the hat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 January 2025
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
