doe
nounverbadverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dəʊ//
- United States//doʊ//
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
noun
- 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.
Etymology
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
Variant of doobsoleteObsolete 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
Variant of thoughPronunciation spelling of though.
Forms
- plural
- does
- past tense
- did, didde
- past participle
- done
- present participle
- doing, doth
- third person singular
- does
doe · A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
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