"does" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /doʊz/ [General-American], /dəʊz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-does-deer.ogg
enPR: dōz [General-American], dōz [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: From the noun doe (“female deer”). Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} does
  1. plural of doe Tags: form-of, plural Form of: doe
    Sense id: en-does-en-noun-5rCzmk8M Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 24 10 20 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 24 11 20 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʌz/ (note: stressed form), /dəz/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-does-todo.ogg Forms: -'s [alternative]
enPR: dŭz (note: stressed form) Rhymes: -ʌz Etymology: From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ (“doth; doeth; does”), equivalent to do + -s. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dos}} Middle English dos, {{af|en|do|-s}} do + -s Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} does
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of do Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: do
    Sense id: en-does-en-verb-4cvT2~eg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 24 10 20 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 24 11 20 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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