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From Middle English dos, variant of doth, doþ, equivalent to do +‎ -s. For the shortened vowel compare says.

does

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of do

    Likes her tea, my mom does.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

does

  1. plural of doe
  • IPA(key): /dus/
  • Hyphenation: does
  • Rhymes: -us

Borrowed from West Frisian dûs, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *dwās (stupid).

does (comparative doezer, superlative meest does or doest)

  1. sleepy, dozy, not fully awake or to one's senses
Declension of does
uninflected does
inflected doeze
comparative doezer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial does doezer het doest
het doeste
indefinite m./f. sing. doeze doezere doeste
n. sing. does doezer doeste
plural doeze doezere doeste
definite doeze doezere doeste
partitive does doezers

Spelling variant representing an informal pronunciation of douche; compare doezen and doesen, both from douchen.

does m or f (plural doesen or doezen, diminutive doesje n)

  1. pronunciation spelling of douche

does

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of doar
  2. second-person singular present indicative of doer

does

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of doar

does

  1. third-person singular existential negative colloquial of bod

    Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.

    There’s no milk in the house.