Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
remove;
- Example: "He doffed his hat"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doff \Doff\, v. i.
To put off dress; to take off the hat.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doff \Doff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Doffing.] [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.
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And made us doff our easy robes of peace. -- Shak.
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At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --
Emerson.
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2. To strip; to divest; to undress.
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Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.
-- Crashaw.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
doff
v 1: remove; "He doffed his hat"