transitive verb did, done, doing do′·ing

1. 1. to execute; effect; perform (an act, action, etc.) do great deeds
   2. to carry out; fulfill do what I tell you
2. to bring to completion; finish dinner has been done for an hour
3. to bring about; cause; produce it does no harm; who did this to you?
4. to exert (efforts, etc.) do your best
5. to have or take (a meal) let's do lunch
6. to deal with as is required; attend to do the ironing, do one's nails or hair
7. to have as one's work or occupation; work at or on what does he do for a living?
8. to work out; solve do a problem
9. to produce or appear in (a play, etc.) we did Hamlet
10. 1. to play the role of I did Polonius
    2. Informal to imitate, or behave characteristically as to do a Houdini
11. to write or publish (a book), compose (a musical score), etc.
12. 1. to cover (distance) to do a mile in four minutes
    2. to move along at a speed of to do 60 miles an hour
13. to visit as a sightseer; tour they did England in two months
14. to translate to do Horace into English
15. to give; render to do honor to the dead
16. to suit; be convenient to this will do me very well
17. Informal
    1. to prepare; cook that restaurant does ribs really well
    2. to eat let's do Mexican tonight
18. Informal to cheat; swindle you've been done
19. Informal to serve (a jail term)
20. Slang to take; ingest; use we've never done drugs
21. Slang to perform a sexual act upon; specif., to have sexual intercourse with
22. Slang to kill

Etymology: ME & OE don, akin to Ger tun, OS duan < IE base *dhē-, to put, place, set > Sans dadhāmi, Gr tithenai, to place, put, L -dere (as in condere, to set down), facere, to do, make

intransitive verb

1. to act in a specified way; behave he does well when treated well
2. to be active; work do; don't merely talk
3. to finish: used in the perfect tense [have done with dreaming]
4. to get along; fare mother and child are doing well
5. to be adequate or suitable; serve the purpose the black dress will do
6. to take place; go on anything doing tonight?
7. Chiefly Brit., Informal used as a substitute verb after a modal auxiliary or a form of have in a perfect tense I haven't seen the film, but she may have done

auxiliary verb

1. used to give emphasis, or as a legal convention do stay a while, do hereby enjoin
2. used to ask a question did you write?
3. used to serve as part of a negative command or statement do not go, they do not like it
4. used to serve as a substitute verb love me as I do (love) you
5. used to form inverted constructions after some adverbs little did he realize

noun pl. do's or dos

1. Chiefly Brit., Informal a hoax; swindle
2. Chiefly Brit., Informal a party or social event
3. Slang excrement; feces dog do