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2 : to give or dispense freely : DISH OUT

Synonyms

administer, allocate, apportion, deal, dispense, distribute, mete, parcel, portion, prorate—more at ADMINISTER

doll noun 1 : a small figure of a human being used esp. as a child's plaything

2 : a pretty woman

3 : an attractive person

— doll·ish adjective

Synonyms

girl, lass, maid, maiden, miss—more at GIRL

dol·lar noun [ORIGIN: Dutch or LG daler, fr. G Taler, short for Joachimstaler, fr. Sankt Joachimsthal, Bohemia, where talers were first made]

1 : a basic monetary unit of any of several countries (as the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Singapore)

2 : a coin, note, or token representing one dollar

dol·lop noun 1 : LUMP, GLOB

2 : PORTION 1

— dollop verb

doll up verb 1 : to dress elegantly or extravagantly

2 : to make more attractive

3 : to get dolled up

dol·ly noun, plural dollies : a small cart or wheeled platform (as for a television or movie camera)

dol·men noun : a prehistoric monument consisting of two or more upright stones supporting a horizontal stone slab

do·lo·mite noun : a mineral found in broad layers as a compact limestone

do·lor noun : mental suffering or anguish : SORROW

Synonyms

affliction, anguish, grief, heartache, sorrow, woe—more at SORROW

do·lor·ous adjective : causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief

— do·lor·ous·ly adverb

Synonyms

funeral, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, regretful, rueful, sorrowful, weeping, woeful—more at MOURNFUL

do·lour chiefly British variant of DOLOR

dol·phin noun 1 : any of various small whales with conical teeth and an elongated beaklike snout

2 : either of two active food fishes of tropical and temperate seas

dolt noun : a stupid individual

Synonyms

blockhead, dope, dummy, idiot, imbecile, jackass, moron, numskull—more at IDIOT

dolt·ish adjective : like a dolt : STUPID

dolt·ish·ness noun : the quality or state of being doltish : STUPIDITY

dom abbreviation 1 domestic

2 dominant

3 dominion

-dom noun suffix 1 : dignity : office

2 : realm : jurisdiction

3 : state or fact of being

4 : those having a (specified) office, occupation, interest, or character

do·main noun 1 : complete and absolute ownership of land

2 : land completely owned

3 : a territory over which dominion is exercised

4 : a sphere of knowledge, influence, or activity

5 : a subdivision of the Internet made up of computers whose URLs share a characteristic abbreviation (as com or gov)

Synonyms

area, arena, demesne, department, discipline, field, line, province, realm, specialty, sphere—more at FIELD

domain name noun : a sequence of characters (as Merriam-Webster.com) that specifies a group of online resources and forms part of its URL

dome noun 1 : a large hemispherical roof or ceiling

2 : a structure or natural formation that resembles the dome of a building

3 : a roofed sports stadium

— dome verb

1domestic adjective 1 : living near or about human habitations

2 : reduced from a state of native wildness esp. so as to be tractable and useful to humans : DOMESTICATED

3 : relating and limited to one's own country or the country under consideration

4 : of or relating to the household or the family

5 : devoted to home duties and pleasures

6 : INDIGENOUS

— do·mes·ti·cal·ly adverb

2domestic noun : a household servant

Synonyms

girl, housemaid, maid, maidservant, servant—more at MAID

do·mes·ti·cate verb -cat·ed; -cat·ing : to adapt to life in association with and to the use of humans

— do·mes·ti·ca·tion noun

do·mes·tic·i·ty noun, plural -ties 1 : the quality or state of being domestic or domesticated

2 : domestic activities or life

domestic violence noun : the inflicting of injury by one family or household member on another

1domicile noun : a dwelling place : HOME

— dom·i·cil·i·ary adjective

Synonyms

abode, dwelling, fireside, habitation, hearth, home, house, lodging, pad, place, quarters, residence,