Associations to the word «Do»

DO, verb. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in questions.

DO, verb. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations.

DO, verb. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis.

DO, verb. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker to avoid repetition of an earlier verb.

DO, verb. (transitive) To perform; to execute.

DO, verb. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).

DO, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) To suffice.

DO, verb. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.

DO, verb. (transitive) To have (as an effect).

DO, verb. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.

DO, verb. (transitive) (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.

DO, verb. To cook.

DO, verb. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.

DO, verb. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.

DO, verb. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

DO, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

DO, verb. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.

DO, verb. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.

DO, verb. (transitive) (slang) To kill.

DO, verb. (transitive) (slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

DO, verb. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.

DO, verb. (transitive) (slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)

DO, verb. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.

DO, verb. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

DO, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To finish.

DO, verb. (UK) (dated) (intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).

DO, verb. (archaic) (dialectal) (transitive) (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

DO, verb. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

DO, verb. (informal) (transitive) To make or provide.

DO, verb. (informal) (transitive) To injure (one's own body part).

DO, noun. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.

DO, noun. ​(informal) A hairdo.

DO, noun. (colloquial) (obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.

DO, noun. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).

DO, noun. (obsolete) A deed; an act.

DO, noun. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do

DO, noun. (obsolete) (UK) (slang) A cheat; a swindler.

DO, noun. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

DO, adverb. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.

DO, symbol. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Dominican Republic.

DO A, verb. (idiomatic) To emulate the behavior/behaviour that is generally attributed to the individual named.

DO A BUNK, verb. (British) (slang) (idiomatic) To escape or flee, especially under incriminating circumstances.

DO A DISAPPEARING ACT, verb. To vanish (or to make something vanish)

DO A DISAPPEARING ACT, verb. To abscond or escape

DO A NUMBER ON, verb. (idiomatic) To damage; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects on.

DO A REGGIE PERRIN, verb. (British) (slang) To fake one's own suicide.

DO A SLOW BURN, verb. (idiomatic) To experience a gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration; to slowly burn.

DO AS I SAY AND NOT AS I DO, verb. (as imperative) Don't imitate my behavior but obey my instructions.

DO AWAY WITH, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) (informal) to abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate

DO AWAY WITH, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) (informal) (euphemistic) to have someone killed

DO BATTLE, verb. (intransitive) To engage in a fight; to battle.

DO BUSINESS, verb. (intransitive) To be engaged in business, to be involved in commerce or trade.

DO BUSINESS, verb. (slang) To urinate.

DO BY HALVES, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To perform (a task, etc) partially or incompletely; to do (something) inadequately, halfheartedly, or shoddily.

DO DO, noun. (US) (colloquial) (usually childish) Excrement, feces, dung.

DO DOS, noun. Plural of do do

DO DOWN, verb. (idiomatic) To belittle or intimidate

DO DRUGS, verb. (idiomatic) To abuse an illegal drug or drugs, especially as a result of chemical addiction.

DO FOR, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see do,‎ for.

DO FOR, verb. (transitive) (British) to doom; to bring about the demise of

DO IN, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To kill or end.

DO IT, verb. (colloquial) To be appealing to.

DO IT, verb. (slang) (euphemistic) To have sex.

DO IT, verb. (colloquial) (usually in the past tense) to succeed in doing something, usually something difficult

DO IT TOUGH, verb. (intransitive) (Australian) (idiomatic) To be in a desperate situation; to struggle.

DO IT YOURSELF, noun. The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself rather than employing a professional

DO JUSTICE, verb. (idiomatic) To really allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

DO LOOP, noun. (computing) A section of computer code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed repeatedly depending on the value of a Boolean condition; either of a for loop or a while loop

DO NO HARM, verb. (ethics) (medicine) To perform no actions which will be injurious or in any way unfavorable to another person, regardless of whether one does anything of positive benefit for that other person.

DO OFF, verb. (obsolete) To take off (clothing).

DO ONE, verb. (idiomatic) (slang) To depart from a place, often with a sense of urgency.

DO ONE'S BIT, verb. (idiomatic) To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.

DO ONE'S BLOCK, verb. (Australia) (idiomatic) To become enraged.

DO ONE'S BUSINESS, verb. (idiomatic) (euphemism) to defecate or urinate

DO ONE'S BUSINESS, verb. (dated) To ruin somebody.

DO ONE'S DAMNEDEST, verb. (idiomatic) To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.

DO ONE'S DARNEDEST, verb. (idiomatic) (euphemistic) To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.

DO ONE'S NUT, verb. (intransitive) (slang) To become stridently angry, especially from worry.

DO ONE'S THING, verb. (idiomatic) To do what one habitually does.

DO ONE'S UTMOST, verb. To make the greatest possible effort.

DO OUT, verb. (transitive) to decorate, tidy or clean

DO OVER, verb. (British) (slang) To beat up.

DO OVER, verb. (US) To repeat; to start over.

DO OVER, verb. To cover; to spread; to smear.

DO RIGHT BY, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) To treat, deal with, or act toward (someone) in a morally just, socially honorable fashion.

DO SOMEONE DIRT, verb. Alternative form of do someone dirty

DO SOMEONE DIRTY, verb. (idiomatic) To deliberately treat someone in an unfair or harmful manner.

DO SOMEONE PROUD, verb. (idiomatic) To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction.

DO SOMEONE'S HEAD IN, verb. (UK) (Australian) (informal) (idiomatic) To frustrate, irritate or disturb someone.

DO SVIDANIYA, interjection. (chiefly in the context of Russia or Russians) Farewell, goodbye, see you later, so long et cetera.

DO SVIDANYA, interjection. Alternative spelling of do svidaniya

DO THE DEED, verb. (euphemistic) To have sex.

DO THE DEED, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see to do a given deed.

DO THE DISHES, verb. (intransitive) To wash up dirty crockery, cutlery and dishes.

DO THE HANDSOME THING, verb. To act liberally.

DO THE HARD YARDS, verb. (idiomatic) To perform a difficult task or tasks.

DO THE HONORS, verb. (idiomatic) Act as a host to guests

DO THE HONORS, verb. (idiomatic) Perform a duty

DO THE HONOURS, verb. (idiomatic) Act as a host to guests

DO THE HONOURS, verb. (idiomatic) Perform a duty

DO THE LAUNDRY, verb. To wash the laundry.

DO THE MATH, verb. (idiomatic) (US) To do the calculation for oneself.

DO THE NASTY, verb. (euphemistic) (informal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

DO THE RIGHT THING, verb. (idiomatic) To do what is ethical or just.

DO THE ROUNDS, verb. Alternative form of make the rounds

DO THE TRICK, verb. (idiomatic) To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.

DO TIME, verb. (colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner).

DO TO DEATH, verb. (obsolete) put to death

DO UNTO OTHERS, verb. To obey the golden rule: to treat others as one would wish to be treated.

DO UP, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.).

DO UP, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To redecorate (a room, etc.).

DO UP, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) (informal) To execute a task or performance.

DO UP, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up.

DO UP, verb. (transitive) (dated) To accomplish thoroughly.

DO UP, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To starch and iron.

DO WANT, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see do,‎ want.

DO WELL, verb. To benefit, to favour

DO WELL BY DOING GOOD, verb. (idiomatic) To achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner.

DO WELL FOR ONESELF, verb. (idiomatic) To thrive or succeed.

DO WHAT, interjection. (idiomatic) (colloquial) An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension

DO WITH MIRRORS, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To perform a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham.

DO WITH MIRRORS, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To jokingly pretend that one did something using magic mirrors, that one is a magician; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.

DO WITHOUT, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see do,‎ without.

DO WITHOUT, verb. To manage despite the lack of something.

DO, noun. An uproarious party.

DO, noun. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.

DO, noun. Doctor's degree in osteopathy.

DO, verb. Engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution".

DO, verb. 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".

DO, verb. Get (something) done; "I did my job".

DO, verb. 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".

DO, verb. Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident".

DO, verb. Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law".

DO, verb. 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".

DO, verb. 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".

DO, verb. 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".

DO, verb. Spend time in prison or in a labor camp; "He did six years for embezzlement".

DO, verb. Carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help around here".

DO, verb. Arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding".

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