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auxiliary verb, present sing ular 1st person do, 2nd do or ( Archaic ) doest or dost, 3rd does or ( Archaic ) doeth or doth, present plural do; past singular 1st person did, 2nd did or ( Arch aic ) didst, 3rd did, past plural did; past participle done; present participle doing; noun, plural dos, do's. verb (used with object) 1. to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.): Do nothing until you hear the bell. 2. to execute (a piece or amount of work): to do a hauling job. 3. to accomplish; finish; complete: He has already done his homework. 4. to put forth; exert: Do your best. 5. to be the cause of (good, harm, credit, etc.); bring about; effect. verb (used without object) 24. to act or conduct oneself; be in action; behave. 25. Slang. to rob; steal from: The law got him for doing a lot of banks. 26. to proceed: to do wisely. 27. to get along; fare; manage: to do without an automobile. 28. to be in health, as specified: Mother and child are doing fine. 00:10 Do is one of our favorite verbs. So is skedaddle. Does it mean: to flee; abscond: to run away hurriedly; flee. LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO... auxiliary verb 33. (used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions): Do you like music ? I don't care. Seldom do we witness such catastrophes. 34. Archaic. (used in imperatives with you or thou expressed; and occasionally as a metric filler in verse): Do thou hasten to the king's side. The wind did blow, the rain did fall. 35. (used to lend emphasis to a principal verb): Do visit us! noun 36. Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion. 37. Informal. a hairdo or hair styling. 38. British Slang. a swindle; hoax. 39. Chiefly British . a festive social gathering; party. Verb phrases 40. do by, to deal with; treat: He had always done well by his family.

41. do for, a. to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of. b. Chiefly British . to cook and keep house for; manage or provide for. 42. do in, Informal. a. to kill, especially to murder. b. to injure gravely or exhaust; wear out; ruin: The tropical climate did them in. c. to cheat or swindle: He was done in by an unscrupulous broker. 43. do over, to redecorate. 44. do up, Informal. a. to wrap and tie up. b. to pin up or arrange (the hair). c. to renovate; launder; clean. d. to wear out; tire. e. to fasten: Do up your coat. f. to dress: The children were all done up in funny costumes. Idioms 47. do a number on (someone). number ( def 39 ) . 48. do away with, a. to put an end to; abolish. b. to kill. 49. do one proud. proud ( def 11 ) . 50. do one's number. number ( def 40 ) . 51. do one's (own) thing. thing1 ( def 19 ) . Origin: before 900; Middle English, Old English don; cognate with Dutch doen, German tu n; akin to Latin -dere to put, facere to make, do, Greek tithnai to set, put, Sanskrit dadhati (he) puts Synonyms 1, 26. act. 3. Do, accomplish, achieve mean to bring some action to a conclusion . Do is the general word: He did a great deal of hard work. Accomplish and achie ve both connote successful completion of an undertaking. Accomplish emphasizes a ttaining a desired goal through effort, skill, and perseverance: to accomplish w hat one has hoped for. Achieve emphasizes accomplishing something important, exc ellent, or great: to achieve a major breakthrough. Dictionary.com Unabridged do2 [doh] Show IPA noun, plural dos. Music.

1. the syllable used for the first tone or keynote of a diatonic scale. 2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone C. Compare sol-fa ( def 1 ) , ut. Origin: 1745 55; < Italian, inverted variant of ut; see gamut do. ditto. 300x250 placeholder D/O delivery order. Also, d.o. D.O. 1. Also, DO, d.o. direct object. 2. Doctor of Optometry. 3. Doctor of Osteopathy. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2013. Cite This Source | Link To do Collins World English Dictionary do 1 (du?, ( unstressed ) d?, d?) vb (often intr; foll by for ) , does , doing , did , done 1. to perform or complete (a deed or action): to do a portrait ; the work i s done 2. to serve the needs of; be suitable for (a person, situation, etc); suffi ce: there isn't much food, but it'll do for the two of us 3. ( tr ) to arrange or fix: you should do the garden now 4. ( tr ) to prepare or provide; serve: this restaurant doesn't do lunch on Sundays 5. ( tr ) to make tidy, elegant, ready, etc, as by arranging or adorning: t o do one's hair 6. ( tr ) to improve (esp in the phrase do something to or for ) 7. ( tr ) to find an answer to (a problem or puzzle) 8. ( tr ) to translate or adapt the form or language of: the book was done into a play 9. ( intr ) to conduct oneself: do as you please 10. ( intr ) to fare or manage: how are you doing these days? 11. ( tr ) to cause or produce: complaints do nothing to help 12. ( tr ) to give or render: your portrait doesn't do you justice ; do me a favour 13. ( tr ) to work at, esp as a course of study or a profession: he is doing chemistry ; what do you do for a living? 14. ( tr ) to perform (a play, etc); act: they are doing ``Hamlet'' next wee k 15. ( tr ) to travel at a specified speed, esp as a maximum: this car will d o 120 mph 16. ( tr ) to travel or traverse (a distance): we did 15 miles on our walk 17. ( takes an infinitive without to ) used as an auxiliary before the subj ect of an interrogative sentence as a way of forming a question: do you agree? ; when did John go out? 18. ( takes an infinitive without to ) used as an auxiliary to intensify po sitive statements and commands: I do like your new house ; do hurry! 19. ( takes an infinitive without to ) used as an auxiliary before a negati ve adverb to form negative statements or commands: he does not like cheese ; do

not leave me here alone! 20. ( takes an infinitive without to ) used as an auxiliary in inverted con structions: little did he realize that ; only rarely does he come in before ten o'clock 21. used as an auxiliary to replace an earlier verb or verb phrase to avoid repetition: he likes you as much as I do 22. informal ( tr ) to visit or explore as a sightseer or tourist: to do We stminster Abbey 23. ( tr ) to wear out; exhaust 24. ( intr ) to happen (esp in the phrase nothing doing ) 25. slang ( tr ) to serve (a period of time) as a prison sentence: he's doi ng three years for burglary ; he's doing time 26. informal ( tr ) to cheat or swindle 27. slang ( tr ) to rob: they did three shops last night 28. slang ( tr ) a. to arrest b. to convict of a crime 29. informal ( Austral ) ( tr ) to lose or spend (money) completely 30. slang chiefly ( Brit ) ( tr ) to treat violently; assault 31. slang ( tr ) to take or use (a drug) 32. taboo , slang ( tr ) (of a male) to have sexual intercourse with 33. ( tr ) to partake in (a meal): let's do lunch he can do al 34. informal do , do a to act like; imitate: he's a good mimic l his friends well 35. do or die to make a final or supreme effort 36. how do you do? a conventional formula when being introduced 37. make do to manage with whatever is available n , does , doing , did , done , dos , do's 38. slang an act or instance of cheating or swindling 39. informal chiefly ( Brit ), ( NZ ) a formal or festive gathering; party 40. informal do's and don'ts those things that should or should not be done ; rules [Old English don; related to Old Frisian duan, Old High German tuon, Latin ab dere to put away, Greek tithenai to place; see deed , doom ] do 2 (d??) n , pl dos a variant spelling of doh do 3 the internet domain name for Dominican Republic DO 1. 2. abbreviation for Doctor of Optometry Doctor of Osteopathy

do. abbreviation for ditto D/O or commerce d.o.

abbreviation for delivery order d.o. or commerce d.o. abbreviation for D/O or commerce d.o. abbreviation for delivery order d.o. or commerce d.o. abbreviation for Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition 2009 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Cite This Source Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon Main Entry: DO Part of Speech: n Definition: See dissolved oxygen Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon Copyright 2003-2013 Dictionary.com, LLC Cite This Source Etymonline Word Origin & History do M.E. do, first person singular of O.E. don "make, act, perform, cause," from W.G mc. *don, from PIE base *dhe- "to put, place, do, make" (see factitious). Slang meaning "to do the sex act with or to" is from 1913. Third person does was a Nor thumbrian variant in O.E. that Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010 Douglas Harper Cite This Source American Heritage Medical Dictionary D.O. abbr. Doctor of Osteopathy The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mi fflin Company. Cite This Source Slang Dictionary do definition n. a party; a social event. : I'm having a do for a friend this weekend. Would you like to come? tv. & in. to use a drug or drugs in general. (See also do a line; do drugs.) : Taylor nev er stopped doing. She just switched from dust to splash. n. and doo. a hairdo. : I can't go out in this rain and get my doo wet! Go to (must) do. :

in. to serve (a purpose) well. (Usually with will or won't.) : This will do quite n icely. Go to doo-doo. : tv. to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : He did Martha, then he d id Sue, then he did Gloria. Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fou rth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill. Cite This Source do (so) definition tv. to make someone tired. : That tennis game really did me in. tv. to cheat someone; to take (so) in. : The scam artists did the widow in by talki ng her into giving them all the money in her bank account. tv. to kill someone. : The crooks did the bank guard in. Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fou rth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill. Cite This Source FOLDOC Computing Dictionary do definition 1. repeat loop. 2. The country code for Dominican Republic. (1999-06-10) The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org Cite This Source American Heritage Abbreviations & Acronyms DO defense order dissolved oxygen Doctor of Optometry Doctor of Osteopathy do. ditto D/O delivery order The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition Copyright 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cite This Source Example sentences from the web Terms for fruits accessory structures parts of fruits that do not form from We know this even if we do not understand the physics involved. These are ranks held by members who do not fit into the officer or cadet They are very often pinnately incised and do not have stipules. Use Dictionary.com faster without ads >>

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