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dope n. 1 See dolt. 2 narcotic, drug, opiate, hallucinogen,
psychedelic, Slang upper, downer: He was caught trying to
smuggle dope past customs. 3 information, data, facts, news,
details, story, scoop, Slang info, low-down, score, Brit gen, US
and Canadian poop: The real dope on the minister is
sensational!
dormant adj. 1 asleep, sleeping, slumbering, resting, at rest, quiet,
inactive, still, inert, unmoving, motionless, stationary,
immobile, quiescent, comatose, torpid, hibernating, slumberous,
somnolent, sleepy, lethargic, dull, sluggish: The bears are
dormant during much of the winter. 2 latent, potential, hidden,
concealed, undisclosed, unrevealed, unexpressed: The theory lay
dormant for centuries and has only recently been revived.
dose n. 1 portion, quantity, amount, measure, dosage: How big a
dose of the medication did the doctor prescribe?
--v. 2 dispense, administer, prescribe: I was dosed with
medicine and slept all day.
dot n. 1 spot, speck, point, jot, mark, iota, fleck, dab; decimal
point, Brit full stop, US period: Use three dots to denote text
omissions. 2 on the dot. exactly, precisely, punctually, to the
minute or second, on time, Colloq on the button: She arrived at
noon on the dot.
--v. 3 spot, fleck, speckle, stipple, bespeckle: The wallpaper
is dotted with tiny squares of colour.
dote v. Often, dote on or upon. be fond of, be infatuated with,
love, idolize, hold dear, adore, make much of; coddle, pamper,
spoil, indulge: I think she dotes on her husband at the expense
of the children. What we need is a doting grandmother to
babysit when we want to go out.
double adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled: The
forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n . 2 folded
or doubled or bent over, overlapped, two-ply: This wound needs
a double bandage. 3 dual, twofold, ambiguous, double-barrelled:
He pronounced it 'de-seat', giving deceit a double meaning. 4
twice: The plant had grown to double its size. 5 deceitful,