do

English

/duː/, /du/, /dʉː/, /d͡ʒ/, /dəʊ/, /doʊ/

verb
Definitions
  • (auxiliary)
  • (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  • (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  • (intransitive) To suffice.
  • (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
  • (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
  • (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
  • (transitive) To have as one's job.
  • To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
  • To cook.
  • (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  • (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
  • (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
  • (intransitive) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
  • (transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
  • (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
  • (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
  • (transitive) To kill.
  • (transitive) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
  • (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
  • (transitive) To have sex with. (See also do it (do it))
  • (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
  • (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  • (transitive) To finish.
  • (UK) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
  • (archaic) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
  • (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
  • (informal) To make or provide.
  • (informal) To injure (one's own body part).
  • (transitive) To take drugs.
  • (transitive) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English don inherited from Old English dōn (do) inherited from *dōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *dōną (do, put, make, place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make) inherited from Middle English didde inherited from Old English dyde inherited from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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