doff

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
2. (transitive) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
3. (dialectal, reflexive, transitive) To undress (oneself); to divest, to strip.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To cast aside or get rid of (something), to throw off.
5. (transitive) To remove (a bobbin or spindle which is full of spun yarn) from a spinning frame for replacement with an empty one.
6. (transitive) To remove (small pieces of cotton or other plant fibre, etc.) from a carding cylinder.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To put off or turn away (someone) with an excuse, etc.
8. (archaic, intransitive, rare) To remove or tip a hat or other headwear in greeting or salutation, or as a mark of respect.
9. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) Followed by with: to remove or take off something worn on the body, or something carried.

Noun

Followed by off: an act of putting off or turning away someone with an excuse, etc.

Opposite of

don#Etymology 2, put on

Synonyms

take off

remove

take out

open

uncap

undress

divest

strip

cut

dig out

drag

draw

draw off

drive out

eject

elevate

evict

extrude

gather up

get off

get rid of

heave

hike

hoist

lift

lift up

lose weight

oust

pick up

put out

raise

relieve

run up

stand up

throw

trice

unclothe

up

🆙

upheave

utter

waste away

bump up

hang on to

add to

jab out

advance

amputate

boost up

bounce

bring up

Translations

ôter

ausziehen

atmak

ablegen

sich festbeißen

fest greifen

nicht locker lassen

sich anklammern

hartnäckig verfolgen

βγάζω

αποβάλλω

εκβάλλω

enlever

sich nicht abschütteln lassen

خلع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɒf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: doffen

Inherited from Old English: dōn of

In summary

PIE word
*h₂epó
The verb is derived from Late Middle English doffen (“to take off (clothing); to remove (headwear) as a sign of respect; to remove (grease) by skimming”), a contraction of Middle English do off, don off, from Old English dōn of, from dōn (“to do; to put; to take off, remove”) + of (“from; off”). Dōn is derived from Proto-West Germanic *dōn (“to do; to place, put”), from Proto-Germanic *dōną (“to do; to make; to place, put”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”). By surface analysis, do + off. Compare don (by surface analysis, do + on), dout (do + out), dup (do + up).
The noun is derived from the verb.