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  • present tense form of do (3rd person singular).
  • plural of doe.
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does

1 American  
[dohz] / doʊz /

noun

  1. a plural of doe.


does 2 American  
[duhz] / dʌz /

verb

  1. a third person singular present indicative of do.


does 1 British  
/ dʌz /

verb

  1. a form of the present tense (indicative mood) of do 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

does 2 British  
/ dʊəs /

noun

  1. taboo a foolish or despicable person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of does

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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One of the daughters, indeed, had been put in charge of "the poultrey abroad and the washhouse within dores."

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

Or closed lyke a Monster within dores thre.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander

Hopenin' me own dores, an' fetchin' me own car, an' wot not, jus' like a common beggar in a 'ired fly?

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford

Than prestis and clerkis drowe hem to the church to thomas and spered the dores to hem.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The Dorekepers had the office of our Common Sexteine, to open the churche dores, to take hede to the churche, and to shutte the dores.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard

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