The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OKE
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What does OKE mean?
OKE verb- To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
- A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
- A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
- Man; guy; bloke.
- A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
- The wood of the oak.
- A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
- Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
- Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
- The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").
- The flavor of oak.