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Matt vs Doff - What's the difference?

matt | doff |

As an adjective matt

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a noun matt

is an alternative spelling of nodot=yes lang=en an alloy in coppersmithing.

As a proper noun Matt

is a short form of the male given name Matthew.

As a verb doff is

to remove or take off, especially of clothing.

matt

English

Adjective

(head)

    • Noun

  • (an alloy in coppersmithing)
    • ----

    doff

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (clothing) to remove or take off, especially of clothing
  • * Shakespeare
    • And made us doff our easy robes of peace.
  • * Emerson
    • At night, or in the rain, / He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=She had doffed the shirt and Bermuda-shorts which she had been wearing and was now dressed for her journey home.}}
  • to remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect
    • The rustics doffed their hats at the clergy.
  • to get rid of, to throw off
    • Doff that stupid idea: it would never work.
  • *1778 , Charles Dibdin, The Perfect Sailor :
  • *:Thus Death, who kings and tars despatches,
    • In vain Tom's life has doffed ,
  • *:For, though his body's under hatches
    • His soul has gone aloft.
  • (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
  • * Crashaw
    • Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.

    Antonyms

    * (remove or take off clothing)

    Derived terms

    *

    Synonyms

    * (remove clothing) (l)