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doe

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noun/dəʊ//doʊ/
  1. 1

    A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).countableuncountable

    • 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. 2

    A female fallow deer.countablespecificallyuncountable

  3. 3

    A female rabbit or hare.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    A female squirrel.countableuncountable

  5. 5

    A female kangaroo.countableuncountable

verb/dəʊ//doʊ/
  1. 1

    Obsolete spelling of do.alt-ofobsolete

    • 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 […]
adv/dəʊ//doʊ/
  1. 1

    Pronunciation spelling of though.InternetMulticultural-London-Englishalt-of

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