US /dəz/ UK /dəʊz/
verb noun name Freq #177

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    Third-person singular present of "do".

    She does her homework every evening after dinner.

  2. 2
    noun

    Plural of "doe"; female deer, rabbits, or similar animals.

    Two does and a fawn grazed quietly at the edge of the forest.

Etymology

From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ, equivalent to do + -s. For the shortened vowel compare says.

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