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Definition of 'do'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) do
to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.).

2.  do
to execute (a piece or amount of work):
to do a hauling job.

3.  do
to accomplish; finish:
He has already done it.

4.  do
to put forth; exert:
Do your best.

5.  do
to be the cause of (good, harm, credit, etc.); bring about; effect.

6.  do
to render, give, or pay (homage, justice, etc.).

7.  do
to deal with, fix, clean, arrange, etc., (anything) as the case may require:
to do the dishes.

8.  do
to travel; traverse:
We did 30 miles today.

9.  do
to serve; suffice for:
This will do us for the present.

10.  do
to condone or approve, as by custom or practice:
That sort of thing simply isn't done.

11.  do
to travel at the rate of (a specified speed).

12.  do
to make or prepare:
I'll do the salad.

13.  do
to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.

14.  do
to create or bring into being:
He does wonderful portraits.

15.  do
to translate or change the form of:
They did the book into a movie.

16.  do
to study or work at or in the field of:
I have to do my math tonight.

17.  do
to explore or travel through as a sightseer:
They did Greece in 3 weeks.

18.  do
to use (drugs), esp. habitually.

19.  do
Slang. to rob; steal from: The law got him for doing banks.

20. (v.i.) do
to act or conduct oneself; behave.

21.  do
to proceed:
to do wisely.

22.  do
to get along; fare; manage:
to do without an automobile.

23.  do
to be in a specified state of health:
Mother and child are doing fine.

24.  do
to serve or be satisfactory, as for the purpose; be enough; suffice:
Will this do?

25.  do
to finish or be finished.

26.  do
to happen; take place; transpire:
What's doing at the office?

27.  do
(used as a substitute to avoid repetition of a verb or full verb expression):
I think as you do.

28. (auxiliary v.) do
(used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):
Do you like music? I don't care. Seldom does one see such greed.

29.  do
(used to lend emphasis to a principal verb):
Do visit us!

30.  do
do away with,

31.  do
to put an end to; abolish.

32.  do
to kill.

33.  do
do for,

34.  do
to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of.

35.  do
to keep house for; manage or provide for.

36.  do
do in,

37.  do
to kill; murder.

38.  do
to exhaust.

39.  do
Informal. to swindle; cheat.

40.  do
do over, to redecorate.

41.  do
do up,

42.  do
to wrap and tie up.

43.  do
to pin up or arrange (the hair).

44.  do
to renovate or clean.

45.  do
to fasten:
Do up your coat.

46.  do
to dress:
They were all done up in costumes.

47.  do
do with, to benefit from; use.

48.  do
do without,

49.  do
to forgo; dispense with.

50. (n.) do
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; commotion.

51.  do
Informal. a hairdo.

52.  do
Brit. Slang. a swindle; hoax.

53.  do
a festive affair; party.

54. (n.) do
the musical syllable used for the first note of an ascending diatonic scale.

Etymology: (1745–55; < It, inverted var. of ut; see gamut)

Definition of 'do'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bash, do, brawl
an uproarious party

2. (noun) do, doh, ut
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization

3. (verb) Doctor of Osteopathy, DO
doctor's degree in osteopathy

4. (verb) make, do
engage in
"make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"

5. (verb) perform, execute, do
carry out or perform an action
"John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

6. (verb) do, perform
get (something) done
"I did my job"

7. (verb) do, fare, make out, come, get along
proceed or get along
"How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

8. (verb) cause, do, make
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
"cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

9. (verb) practice, practise, exercise, do
carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
"practice law"

10. (verb) suffice, do, answer, serve
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
"A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"

11. (verb) do, make
create or design, often in a certain way
"Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"

12. (verb) act, behave, do
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
"You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

13. (verb) serve, do
spend time in prison or in a labor camp
"He did six years for embezzlement"

14. (verb) do, manage
carry on or function
"We could do with a little more help around here"

15. (verb) dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
arrange attractively
"dress my hair for the wedding"

16. (verb) do
travel or traverse (a distance)
"This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"

Definition of 'do'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1.  do
indicates question or negative when used with verb
Do you like my new dress?; Does she eat meat?; He does not have any money.; We didn't think she was telling the truth.

2.  do
indicates you want information or want sb to agree with you when used at the end of statement
I didn't sound mean, did I?; She looks fantastic, doesn't she?; You don't know how much it'll cost, do you?

3.  do
used in place of verb just used
"I love swimming in the ocean." "So do I."; Her brother tends to eat more than she does.

4.  do
emphasizes a verb
I don't drink much alcohol, but I do like wine.

5. (verb) do
to perform an action, activity, or task
Do your chores.; to do the cleaning/ironing/washing; What is he planning to do about his money problems?

6.  do
used to talk about sb's health, happiness, success, etc.
Hi, how're you doing?; She started doing better after she changed schools.; I think I did well in the interview.

7.  do
to change or effect sth
The storm did a lot of damage to the downtown area.; What he did to her was horrible.

8.  do
to make or provide sth
Who did the design for your company logo?

9.  do
used to talk about what sb's job is
What does your boyfriend do (for a living)?

10.  do
to cook sth in a particular way
I like my steaks done medium-rare.

11.  do
will do
indicates sth is suitable or enough
There are 40 people so 120 muffins will do.; We have no napkins, so paper towels will have to do.

Definition of 'do'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) do
a syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet

2. (noun) do
deed; act; fear

3. (noun) do
ado; bustle; stir; to do

4. (noun) do
a cheat; a swindle

5.  do
to place; to put

6.  do
to cause; to make; -- with an infinitive

7.  do
to bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve

8.  do
to perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can

9.  do
to bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done

10.  do
to make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only

11.  do
to put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text

12.  do
to cheat; to gull; to overreach

13.  do
to see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest

14.  do
to cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note

15. (verb) do
to act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self

16. (verb) do
to fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?

17. (verb) do
to succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do

Translation of 'do'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements Do you smoke?
Arabic: يُسْتَعْمَل مع الأفعال ال	Brazilian: (not used in Portuguese -	German: Hilfsverb in Fragen und b
Greek: εκδήλωση	Spanish: 0	Finnish: olla
Italian: (verbo usato per evitare	Japanese: 疑問・否定文と	Korean: (의문문, ~) 합니까?
Persian: براى ساختن سوال بكار ميرو	Pashto: د پوښتنه لپاره استعماليږى	Thai: กริยาช่วยสำหรับประโยคคำถา
Turkish: Not: olumsuz ve soruda 'd	Taiwanese: 助動詞(和動詞一起構成問句和否定句)	Chinese: 助动词（和动词一起构成问句和否定句）
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