deer
- noun
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A wild animal with long thin legs that lives in woods and open country and eats grass and leaves, the male often having branching horns.
A deer stepped onto the road and the driver braked hard.
The male deer loses its antlers every year in early spring.
We stood still and watched a deer drinking from the stream.
Tall fences protect the young trees from deer in winter.
Common collocations: a herd of deer · wild deer · red deer · roe deer · deer antlers
Part of: Animals
Forms
- plural
- deer