doe
SubstantivVerbAdverbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//dəʊ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//doʊ//
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
Substantiv
- 1
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
A doe from round a spruce stood looking at them Across the wall, as near the wall as they. She saw them in their field, they her in hers.
The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.
- 2
A female fallow deer.
- 3
A female rabbit or hare.
- 4
A female squirrel.
- 5
A female kangaroo.
Herkunft
From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Middle Scots da, dae (“female fallow deer”), Danish då (“fallow deer”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.
Verb
- 1
Variante von doveraltetObsolete spelling of do.
As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].
[…] a voyage to plant yͤ first colonie in yͤ Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in yͤ presence of God […]
Adverb
- 1
Variante von thoughPronunciation spelling of though.
Formen
- Plural
- does
- Präteritum
- did, didde
- Partizip II
- done
- Partizip I
- doing, doth
- 3. Person Singular
- does
doe · A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
Doe · A surname of English origin.dog · A mammal of the family Canidae: The species Canis familiaris…Dog · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.