VET (vetted, vetting)

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Irregular inflected forms: vetted    , vetting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vet mean? 

• VET (noun)
  The noun VET has 2 senses:

1. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

2. a person who has served in the armed forces

  Familiarity information: VET used as a noun is rare.

• VET (verb)
  The verb VET has 4 senses:

1. work as a veterinarian

2. examine carefully

3. provide (a person) with medical care

4. provide veterinary care for

  Familiarity information: VET used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A doctor who practices veterinary medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

vet; veterinarian; veterinary; veterinary surgeon

Hypernyms ("vet" is a kind of...):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vet"):

horse doctor (a veterinarian who treats horses)

Derivation:

vet (provide veterinary care for)

vet (work as a veterinarian)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who has served in the armed forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ex-serviceman; vet; veteran

Hypernyms ("vet" is a kind of...):

man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vet"):

Legionnaire (a member of the American Legion)

Holonyms ("vet" is a member of...):

American Legion (the largest organization of United States war veterans)

Veterans of Foreign Wars; VFW (an organization of United States war veterans)

• VET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vet    ... he / she / it vets   
Past simple: vetted   
Past participle: vetted   
-ing form: vetting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Work as a veterinarian

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She vetted for the farms in the area for many years

Hypernyms (to "vet" is one way to...):

be; follow (work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

vet (a doctor who practices veterinary medicine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Examine carefully

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

Someone should vet this report before it goes out

Hypernyms (to "vet" is one way to...):

inspect (look over carefully)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide (a person) with medical care

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "vet" is one way to...):

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Provide veterinary care for

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "vet" is one way to...):

doctor (give medical treatment to)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

vet (a doctor who practices veterinary medicine)

 Context examples 

Verifying this temperature difference was key for vetting Hubble's no-water result, because a uniform atmosphere can also mask the signatures of water molecules.

(Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters, NASA/JPL)

Even while he was speaking an idea dawned upon him, and he said with unconscious simplicity, in a different voice, and with the naïveté of a child: That's quite true, upon my honour.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

March 20 would be an ideal day to close on a house, rent a summer cottage for vacation, hire the contractors to work on your kitchen, take on a new roommate (after having vetted the person), or buy new furniture or linens.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)