Doe

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dəʊ/
• US enPR: dō, IPA: /doÊŠ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: doh, dough, do in music

Origin

From Middle English do, from Old English dā ("female deer"), from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ ("female deer, mother deer"), from Proto-Germanic *dajjaną ("to suckle"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēy- ("to suck (milk), to suckle"). Cognate with Scots da, dae ("female deer"), Alemannic German tē ("doe"), Danish då ("deer, doe"), Sanskrit धेनुः (dhénā, "cow, milk-cow"), Old English dēon ("to suckle"), Old English delu ("teat"). Related also to fellatio, filial, fetus.

Full definition of doe

Noun

1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat.
2. A female fallow deer.
3. A female rabbit.
4. A female hare.
5. A female squirrel.
6. A female kangaroo

Synonyms

• (female deer) hind female red deer
• (female kangaroo) blue flyer female red kangaroo

Verb

verb

1. Archaic spelling of do
• 1620 Mayflower Compact...a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God...

Anagrams

• Edo, EOD, ode, ODE, OED