done

Done is defined as to have accomplished something in the past.

(verb)

An example of to have done something is to have completed homework yesterday.

The definition of done is finished or completed.

(adjective)

An example of something done is a meal that is fully cooked.

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See done in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

adjective

  1. completed; ended
  2. sufficiently cooked
  3. socially acceptable because acceptable to arbiters of good taste: usually in a negative construction: it just isn't done

See done in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb
Past participle of do1.
adjective
  1. Having been carried out or accomplished; finished: a done deed.
  2. Cooked adequately.
  3. Socially acceptable: Spitting on the street is just not done in polite society.
  4. Informal Totally worn out; exhausted.

Related Forms:

  • doneˈness noun

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