doe

plural does

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Grace Notes.] Two Look at Two.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 95

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   The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.

   2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, in CNN

   Synonyms: hind

2. countablespecificallyuncountableA female fallow deer.
3. countableuncountableA female rabbit or hare.
4. countableuncountableA female squirrel.
5. countableuncountableA female kangaroo.

   Synonyms: blue flyer

present singular third person does · participle present doing · participle present doth · past did · past didde · participle past done

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of do.

   As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

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   […] a voyage to plant yͤ first colonie in yͤ Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in yͤ presence of God […]

   1620, Mayflower Compact

1. InternetMulticultural London Englishnot comparablepronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularPronunciation spelling of though.

plural DOEs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of Design Of Experiments.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of depends on experience.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Dictionary of Old English.
2. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Energy.
3. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Energy.

   The DOE and EPA have tried to keep everyone happy with the final rules.

   2024 March 20, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “New EPA, DOE fuel regs give automakers longer to reduce CO₂ emissions”, in Ars Technica

4. USabbreviationinitialismproscribedInitialism of Department of Education.

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   “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.

   2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN

   Synonyms: ED

plural Does

1. A surname of English origin.

   In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.

   2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN