deer

CEFRA2

/dɪə/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A wild animal with long legs; males often have antlers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

Examples

  • The deer is three times as heavy as Jane.

  • The archer killed the deer.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /diːɹ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae.

  2. One of the smaller animals of the family Cervidae, distinguished from a moose or elk.

  3. The meat of such an animal, obtained through the process of hunting or from specialized deer farms; venison.

More examples

In context

  • The hunter shot at a deer.

  • I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.

  • I'd never had deer before I ate dinner with the Johanssens. In time I learned to like it; its gaminess is an acquired taste.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English der, deer (“animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm (“living thing”), from *dʰéws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *dʰwes-. Cognate with Scots deer (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dyr (“animal, beast”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”). Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”) (possibly), Lithuanian daũsos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuani...