does

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

• (weak form) IPA^(key): /dəz/
• (strong form) IPA^(key): /dʌz/, enPR: dŭz

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• (Northern England, Dublin) IPA^(key): /dʊz/
• Rhymes: -ʌz

does

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of do

   Likes her tea, my mom does.

• doth, doeth (archaic)
• duz (eye dialect)
• diz (dialectal, Northumbria)
• 's (colloquial, after interrogatives)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dōz, IPA^(key): /dəʊz/
• (General American) enPR: dōz, IPA^(key): /doʊz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz
• Homophones: dohs, doughs, doze, dos (in music)

does

1. plural of doe

• SOED, deos, deso, dose, odes

• IPA^(key): /dus/

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• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /doːɨ̯s/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s

does

1. third-person singular existential negative colloquial of bod

   Does dim llaeth yn y tŷ.

   There’s no milk in the house.