doe

Everyday

1. A doe is a female deer. tree →
2. Females of rabbits, hares, goats and kangaroos are also called does. tree →
3. The male deer is a buck or stag, and the baby is a fawn. tree →

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 →
• Each doe has 2 fawns. tree →
• How many deer in all? tree →
• The doe ran away. tree →
• A doe and her fawn drank from the stream. tree →
• The rabbit doe made a nest. tree →
• We saw three does at the edge of the wood. tree →
• When he returned, the white doe was gone. tree →

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 →

Note

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