doff

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɑf/ UK /dɒf/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to take off or remove, especially a hat or clothing

He paused to doff his cap as the procession passed by.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to take off or remove,... remove tip raise shed take off

Opposites

don wear put on

Word family

Related forms don

Simplified etymology

Doff is a late medieval contraction of do off, meaning to remove clothing. It developed alongside don, originally do on, meaning to put clothing on.

Etymology

A 14th-century contraction of 'do off' ('to put off'), from Old English don ('to do') + of ('off'), parallel to don ('do on').

don of Old English *dōną Proto-Germanic

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Actions & Processes

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# doff

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɑf/
**IPA (UK):** /dɒf/

## Meanings
1. to take off or remove, especially a hat or clothing

## Examples
- He paused to doff his cap as the procession passed by.

## Synonyms
- remove
- tip
- raise
- shed
- take off

## Antonyms
- don
- wear
- put on

## Related Forms
- don

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: don of
- Root: *dōną

## Etymology
A 14th-century contraction of 'do off' ('to put off'), from Old English don ('to do') + of ('off'), parallel to don ('do on').

## AI Etymology
Doff has this etymological history: A 14th-century contraction of 'do off' ('to put off'), from Old English don ('to do') + of ('off'), parallel to don ('do on'). The etymological trail includes Old English don of and Proto-Germanic *dōną. As a verb, doff means to take off or remove, especially a hat or clothing. The same family is visible in related forms such as don. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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