"does" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /doʊz/ [General-American], /dəʊz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-does-deer.ogg [US]
enPR: dōz Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: From the noun doe (“female deer”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|doe|t=female deer}} 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʌz/ [stressed], /dəz/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-does-todo.ogg [US]
enPR: dŭz 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, {{m|enm|doth}} doth, {{m|enm|doþ|t=doth; doeth; does}} doþ (“doth; doeth; does”), {{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 Synonyms: -'s (english: after interrogative pronouns)
    Sense id: en-does-en-verb-4cvT2~eg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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