1.
[syn: Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOE]
2. mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck';
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doe \Doe\ (d[=o]), n. [AS. d[=a]; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer,
and perh. L. dama. [root]66.] (Zool.)
A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the
fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied
to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note
under Buck.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doe \Doe\ (d[=oo]), n.
A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
DOE
n 1: the federal department responsible for maintaining a
national energy policy of the United States; created in
1977 [syn: Department of Energy, Energy Department,
Energy, DOE]
2: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
DOE
Distributed Object Environment: a distributed object-oriented
application framework from SunSoft.