Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
deer
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for deer.
Editorial note
You've been trained in different ways regarding deer and billboards, and they behave differently - billboards don't move, deer can.
Quick take
Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of deer gathered in one view.
A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for deer.
noun
Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
noun
A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
noun
An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.
noun
(countable; in particular) A ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae.
Example sentences
You've been trained in different ways regarding deer and billboards, and they behave differently - billboards don't move, deer can.
I have to wonder if part of the concern is because the pure red deer make better hunting trophies?
The deer is a mere pair of one inch eyes glowing in your headlights, while the billboard is seventy five feet of glowing red and white.
Not many people seem to have a problem with hunting deer for meat or to regulate their populations.
Stalking a deer through a forest and sniping members of an invading enemy both involve shooting rifles at moving targets.
It's a deer in the headlights moment, except instead of being in an instant it's experienced over the course of days/months/years.
It would certainly improve the areas where the original pine forest is starting to recover by reducing the grazing pressure from deer.
On more than one occasion a loose patch of gravel or surprise deer has nearly sent me into a tree at 60 mph.
The article specifically mentions that red deer antlers have more points, which I think is something only hunters worry about.
I saw a raccoon in my neighbors driveway yesterday and deer in my backyard last fall.
The population of Red Deer is currently unsustainable - they are fed during the winter by the large estates to maximise their numbers for shooting.
In your example with the sign and deer, the goal is driving safely - the deer is a negative presence, something to avoid, the sign is a negative presence, something to avoid, which you are comparing using visible area.
Quote examples
In some parts of the country "Bubba'd" SKS guns are pretty popular for hunting deer I think.
It implies that an employee is merely the property of a company, like a deer or fish, being "taken" by another company, rather than employees freely choosing among mutually beneficial business relationships with employers.
I think the worry is the hybrid species might out compete the native red deer, or that fewer "pure" deer of either species will be left if hybridisation continues, as the hybrid offspring will be less picky about sticking to their own kind.
Sitka deer messing up the gene pool of red deer may cast some doubt on the overall goal of this effort and it will certainly add to the cost if Red Deer are to be kept "pure".
Proper noun examples
Deer vs little girl does not really matter, that is just an emotional ploy.
Deer kill more people than sharks, but one is more fearsome.
Deer rifles range from semi-automatic, to pump-action, lever-action, bolt-action, break-action single shot, and others I'm probably not familiar with.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use deer in a sentence?
You've been trained in different ways regarding deer and billboards, and they behave differently - billboards don't move, deer can.
What does deer mean?
Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: See New Deer and Old Deer.
What part of speech is deer?
deer is commonly used as noun.