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# doe

noun (doe, does)

«doe» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A doe is a female deer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#m1)
2. Females of rabbits, hares, goats and kangaroos are also called does. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#m2)
3. The male deer is a buck or stag, and the baby is a fawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: animals counted, often with fawns or bucks (all deer = does + bucks + fawns); science: animal families, male and female names; stories: a doe in the forest; songs: «Doe, a deer, a female deer»

### Examples

- There are 5 does and 3 bucks in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x1)
- Each doe has 2 fawns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x2)
- How many deer in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x3)
- The doe ran away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x4)
- A doe and her fawn drank from the stream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x5)
- The rabbit doe made a nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x6)
- We saw three does at the edge of the wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x7)
- When he returned, the white doe was gone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/#x8)

### Note

Thing counted. Trap: the plural «does» looks like the verb «does» but is said «doze». Homophone: «dough» (for bread).

## In Jewish tradition

A female deer; here a graceful, loving animal used in a poem about a beloved wife.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads Proverbs 5:19 as praise of faithful married love, and the Talmud also reads the "doe" as the Torah, which should delight a person always.

### Examples

- A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always. (Writings PRO.5.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doe/#x1)

### Note

Thing counted. Trap: the plural «does» looks like the verb «does» but is said «doze». Homophone: «dough» (for bread).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doe.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «doe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doe» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/doe.html) on Mova free.