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Definition: Doe |
DoeNoun1. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "doe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | DOE Distributed Object Environment: a distributed object-oriented application framework from SunSoft. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Biographical Satire | DOE, John, an honest man who was defrauded out of millions by persons who forged his name. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Census | Designation for the (Department of Energy). (references) |
Health | United States Department of Energy. (references) |
Literature | Doe (1 syl.). John Doe and Richard Roe. Any plaintiff and defendant in an action of ejectment. They were sham names used at one time to save certain "niceties of law;" but the clumsy device was abolished in 1852. Any mere imaginary persons, or men of straw. John Doe, Richard Roe, John o' Noakes, and Tom Styles are the four' sons of "Mrs. Harris," all bound apprentices to the legal profession. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Solar | In this context, always refers to the United States Department of Energy, although other departments may have the same acronym. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DOE | English | Diffractive optical element | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar. |
Unsubstantiality | Nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle; (smallness); all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra, nonentity; flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil. |
Velocity | Eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee, ostrich, scorcher. |
Woman | Hen, bitch, sow, doe, roe, mare; she goat, Nanny goat, tabita; ewe, cow; lioness, tigress; vixen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Doe |
| English words defined with "doe": Versus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "doe": Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Networking Council, Federal Power Marketing Administrations ♦ Genovefa ♦ intelligent key, Interface Definition Language ♦ MACSYMA, MEGAWATT HOUR ♦ Noakes ♦ Quadriloge ♦ Ronald ♦ Styles ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "doe": teg. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Doe" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (do), Frisian (as, then, when), Portuguese (donate), Welsh (yesterday). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If we catch John Doe and he turns out to be the devil, I mean if he's Satan himself, that might live up to our expectations, but he's not the devil. (Se7en; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker) Doe, a deer. (Everwood; writing credit: Michael Green; Rina Mimoun) There is not a day that goes by when a doe does not offer her life for her kittens, or an honest officer of an Owsla his life for his chief's, but there will be no bargain. (Watership Down; writing credit: Richard Adams; Martin Rosen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jane Doe I (1948) Meet John Doe (1941) The People Vs. John Doe (1916) John Doe (2002) Jane Doe (2001) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Along Cow Creek Back Country Byway, above Doe Creek looking down onto shore line and riparian area. Credit: Dave Mathweg. |  | Baby Northern Spotted Owl at Doe Creek. Credit: Carol Kauder. |
 | Three Mule Deer: A buck and two doe. Credit: Unknown. |  | Portraiture of the vaines which chyrurgions doe comonly open. : [Vein man]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Janet Doe (head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front)]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Doe niet zo slap, versterk de PSP: wordt lid!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Spenser | But Justice, though her dome [doom] she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Liberia | Johnson's forces captured and killed Doe on September 9, 1990. (references) |
Russia | DOE has allocated $20 million through FY 2000 for this program. (references) | |
Malaysia | Limited enforcement by DOE has not helped to increase the overall size of the market. (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | Ms. Jane Doe would typically be addressed as Ms. Jane. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Doe" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 64.92% of the time. "Doe" is used about 325 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 64.92% | 211 | 20,883 |
| Noun (singular) | 26.46% | 86 | 35,638 |
| Noun (common) | 4.92% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.54% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.54% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.62% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 325 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "doe" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Doe | Last name | 6,000 | 2,117 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "doe". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mesobaite | N/A | Biblical | A little doe |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "doe": Doe Hill ♦ Doe John ♦ doe rabbit ♦ Doe Run ♦ doe skin ♦ Flying doe ♦ graceful doe ♦ Jane Doe ♦ john doe ♦ john doe and richard roe. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "doe": doe-eyed, doe-funded, doe-skin. | |
Ending with "doe": maff-doe, pro-doe. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
doe | 625 | doe stag | 28 |
john doe | 469 | doe us | 27 |
doe mass | 117 | doe firn.edu | 27 |
doe het zelf | 85 | doe eminem ray | 26 |
doe florida | 85 | doe lodge run | 25 |
doe lyrics ray | 69 | doe ga | 25 |
doe eminem lyrics ray | 58 | doe john show tv | 24 |
jane doe | 56 | doe georgia | 22 |
doe hawaii | 56 | doe indiana | 22 |
doe ma | 54 | john doe tv | 21 |
fox john doe | 45 | doe fl | 20 |
doe kwon tae | 41 | doe honig v | 18 |
doe network | 40 | doe sbir | 18 |
doe massachusetts | 36 | doe nyc | 18 |
doe ray | 34 | doe gamma het zelf | 18 |
doe nj | 33 | doe gorge river | 18 |
doe samuel | 32 | doe va | 17 |
baby doe | 32 | doe bay | 17 |
doe game stag | 31 | doe maar | 17 |
doe run | 28 | doe tony | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "doe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | drenushë (hind), lepurushë, femër (dam, distaff, female, fertile, hen, Jenny, jilt, Judy, lady, mate, piece, pistil, woman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أنثى غزالة, أنثى ارنبة, أنثى ظبية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кошута (hind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornish | ewyk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | srna (Roe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hunhare (female hare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | moederhaas (female hare), hinde (hind), hazeooi (female hare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گوزن ماده (Roe), خرگوش ماده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | naarasjänis (female hare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | biche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | wyfkehart (hind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | häsin (female hare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουνέλα, ελαφίνα (hind), θηλυκός λαγός (female hare), θηλή ελάφου, θηλή λαγού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | איל" (hind), צבי" (gazelle, hind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dámvadtehén. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kijang betina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | daino (buck, deer, doeskin, fallow deer, fawn, Hart), lepre femmina (female hare), lepre (hare, rabbit), femmina di cervo, coniglio (buck, bunny, cony, rabbit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "컷 (Bitch, Female). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mwaagh bwoirrin, feeaih bwoirryn (hind), feeaih bwoirrin (hind), bwoirrinagh (cow, crumpet, female, female any age, girl, lass, wench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oeday corça (fallow deer, hind). (various references) iepuroaicã, cãprioarã (deer, hind, Roe). (various references) chaura-chavriel. (various references) самка оленя. (various references) maoiseach , maoisleach (a doe). (various references) phoofolo e tshadi. (various references) srna (fallow deer, roe, roe deer), košuta (hind, roe). (various references) coneja. (various references) hind (hind), harhona (female hare). (various references) สัตว์เลี้ยงลูก"้วยนมตัวเมีย (ประเ ทกวาง, ละมั่ง, แพะ, กระต่าย, และอื่นๆ). (various references) dişi tavşan, dişi karaca (Roe), dişi geyik (hind), yalnız kadın. (various references) самиця (female, mate, she). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cerva, cervas, cervis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 5, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ElafoV filiaV kai pwloV swn caritwn omileitw soi h de idia hgeisqw sou kai sunestw soi en panti kairw en gar th tauthV filia sumperiferomenoV pollostoV esh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cerva carissima et gratissimus hinulus ubera eius inebrient te omni tempore in amore illius delectare iugiter |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A most cheere hynde; and a most kindeli hert calf. The tetis of hir inwardli make thee drunke alle time; and in the looue of hire delite thou bisili. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 5, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Ingon sa usa ka mahigugmaong lagsaw nga dumalaga ug sa usa ka makapahimuot nga gasela, Tugoti nga ang iyang mga dughan magatagbaw kanimo sa tanang mga panahon; Ug magpalugos ka sa kanunay sa iyang gugma. |
| Croatian | neka ti je kao mila košuta i ljupka gazela, neka te grudi njene opajaju u svako doba, njezina ljubav zatravljuje bez prestanka! |
| Danish | den elskelige Hind, den yndige Gazel; hendes Elskov fryde dig stedse, berus dig altid i hendes Kærlighed! |
| Dutch | Een zeer liefelijke hinde, en een aangenaam steengeitje; laat u haar borsten te allen tijd dronken maken; dool steeds in haar liefde. |
| Finnish | Armas peura, suloinen vuorikauris - hänen rintansa sinua aina riemulla ravitkoot, hurmautuos alati hänen rakkaudestaan. |
| French | Biche des amours, gazelle pleine de grâce: Sois en tout temps enivré de ses charmes, Sans cesse épris de son amour. |
| German | Sie ist lieblich wie die Hinde und holdselig wie ein Reh. Laß dich ihre Liebe allezeit sättigen und ergötze dich allewege in ihrer Liebe. |
| Hungarian | A szerelmes szarvas, és kedves zerge; az õ emlõi elégítsenek meg téged minden idõben, az õ szerelmében gyönyörködjél szüntelen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | gadis jelita dan lincah seperti kijang. Biarlah kemolekan tubuhnya selalu membuat engkau tergila-gila dan asmaranya memabukkan engkau. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Biarlah ia bagimu seperti rusa betina yang manis dan seperti kijang yang cantik, biarlah gurau sendanya memabuki engkau selalu, dan berkembaralah senantiasa dalam kasihnya. |
| Italian | cerva amabile, gazzella graziosa, essa s'intrattenga con te; le sue tenerezze ti inebrino sempre; sii tu sempre invaghito del suo amore! |
| Maori | Kia rite ia ki taua mea ahuareka, ki te hata, ki te mea ataahua ki te anaterope; kia makona koe i ona u i nga wa katoa, kia matenuitia tonutia e koe tona aroha. |
| Norwegian | Den elskelige hind og den yndefulle stengjet! Hennes barm kvege dig til enhver tid, av hennes kjærlighet være du alltid drukken! |
| Portuguese | Como corça amorosa, e graciosa cabra montesa saciem-te os seus seios em todo o tempo; e pelo seu amor sê encantado perpetuamente. |
| Rumanian | Cerboaicq iubitq, cqprioarq plqcutq: fii kmbqtat tot timpul de drqgqlqwiile ei, fii kndrqgostit necurmat de dragostea ei! |
| Russian | МА'ЕЪОПА МБОША Й ТЕЛТБУОПА УЕТОПА: ЗТХ"Й ЕЕ "Б Х ПСЧБАФ ФЕ'С ЧП ЧУСЛПЕ ЧТЕНС, МА'ПЧША ЕЕ ХУМБЦ"БКУС ПУФПСООП. |
| Spanish | como una preciosa cierva o una graciosa gacela. Sus pechos te satisfagan en todo tiempo, y en su amor recréate siempre. |
| Swedish | hon, den älskliga hinden, den täcka gasellen, hennes barm förnöje dig alltid, i hennes kärlek finne du ständig din lust. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "doe": doer, doers, does, doeskin, doeskins, doest, doeth. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "doe": dildoe. (additional references) | |
Words containing "doe": albedoes, avocadoes, barricadoed, barricadoes, bastinadoed, bastinadoes, bravadoes, camisadoes, carbonadoed, carbonadoes, commandoes, condoes, crescendoed, crescendoes, crusadoes, cruzadoes, dadoed, dadoes, desperadoes, didoes, dildoes, dodoes, eddoes, endoenzyme, endoenzymes, endoergic, evildoer, evildoers, fordoes, foredoes, fricandoes, gambadoes, innuendoed, innuendoes, kiddoes, misdoer, misdoers, misdoes, outdoer, outdoers, outdoes, overdoer, overdoers, overdoes, passadoes, pintadoes, redoes, renegadoes, strappadoes, tornadoes, torpedoed. (additional references) | |
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"Doe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dae, dbe, dce, dde, Ddoe, d'e, dee, deo, deod, deog, Deok, deol, deon, deop, deow, deoy, Dfe, Dge, Dhe, Djoe, djore, dle, dloe, dloge, doa, doae, doak, dobe, doce, dode, doec, doef, doei, d'oeil, doek, doem, do'em, doen, doet, D'oex, doey, doez, dof, dofe, doh, dohey, doi, doid, d'oie, doif, doik, doj, doje, Dok, doke, dooe, dooh, dooo, doov, doq, doree, dou, doux, douz, dov, dowe, dowex, dox, doxe, doy, doz, dpo, dre, droe, dso, dte, duex, duoi, dwo, dxe, dyou, dzo, edoe, eod, idoe, ioe, Ndobe, oday, odea, odec, odee, odeg, odeh, odei, odel, odeo, Odet, odew, odex, odey, odh, odi, odoe, odu, odue. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "doe" (pronounced dō") |
| 2 | d ō" | Bordeaux, dough, rondeau. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ode. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-o" | |
-1 letter: de, do, ed, od, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-o" | |
+1 letter: bode, code, coed, deco, demo, doer, does, doge, dole, dome, done, dope, dore, dose, dote, dove, doze, eddo, feod, hoed, lode, mode, node, odea, odes, ohed, oped, owed, redo, rode, toed. | |
+2 letters: abode, adobe, adore, adoze, anode, boded, bodes, boned, booed, bored, bowed, boxed, codec, coded, coden, coder, codes, codex, coeds, coked, coled, coned, cooed, coped, cored, coted, coude, coved, cowed, coxed, coyed, credo, decor, decos, decoy, defog, dekko, demob, demon, demos, deoxy, depot, detox, devon, dhole, diode, dobie, dodge, doers, doest, doeth, doges, dogey, dogie, dolce, doled, doles, domed, domes, donee, donne, doped, doper, dopes, dopey, dosed, doser, doses, doted, doter, dotes, douce, douse, doven, doves, dowed, dowel, dower, dowie, dowse, doxie, doyen, dozed, dozen, dozer, dozes, drone, drove, eidos, endow, ephod, epode, erode, feods, foxed, geode, geoid, godet, gored, hoked, holed, homed, honed, hoped, horde, hosed, joked, jowed, joyed, kendo, lobed, loden, lodes, lodge, looed, loped, loved, lowed, loxed, model, modem, modes, monde, mooed, moped, moved, mowed, nodes, nosed, noted, oared, odder, odeon, odeum, odyle, offed, ogled, oiled, olden, older, oldie, oohed, oozed, opted, orbed, order, oread, outed, owned, oxide, pedro, poked, poled, pored, posed, poxed, redon, redos, redox, resod, robed, rodeo, roped, rosed, roved, rowed, shoed, soled, sonde, sowed, spode, toked, toled, toned, toped, toted, towed, toyed, trode, uredo, video, voled, voted, vowed, wodge, wooed, wowed, yodel, yodle, yoked, yowed, zoned. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388171 |
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