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Do

verb
(past did; past part. done; pres. part. doing)
1.
Engage in.  Synonym: make.  "Make an effort" , "Do research" , "Do nothing" , "Make revolution"
2.
Carry out or perform an action.  Synonyms: execute, perform.  "The skater executed a triple pirouette" , "She did a little dance"
3.
Get (something) done.  Synonym: perform.
4.
Proceed or get along.  Synonyms: come, fare, get along, make out.  "How are you making out in graduate school?" , "He's come a long way"
5.
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.  Synonyms: cause, make.  "Make a stir" , "Cause an accident"
6.
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions.  Synonyms: exercise, practice, practise.
7.
Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.  Synonyms: answer, serve, suffice.  "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"
8.
Create or design, often in a certain way.  Synonym: make.  "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
9.
Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.  Synonyms: act, behave.  "Don't behave like a fool" , "What makes her do this way?" , "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
10.
Spend time in prison or in a labor camp.  Synonym: serve.
11.
Carry on or function.  Synonym: manage.
12.
Arrange attractively.  Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, dress, set.
13.
Travel or traverse (a distance).  "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"
noun
1.
An uproarious party.  Synonyms: bash, brawl.
2.
The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.  Synonyms: doh, ut.
3.
Doctor's degree in osteopathy.  Synonym: Doctor of Osteopathy.



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"Do" Quotes from Famous Books



... was not able to rise from her bed, and for many days she could do nothing more than to sit in the rocking chair by the ...
— Winning the Wilderness • Margaret Hill McCarter
... "Neither do I," Palliser answered, with amiable tolerance. "The American gentleman had better come back himself and disprove it. When you used to talk about the Klondike, he never said anything to make you feel as if he doubted that the other ...
— T. Tembarom • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... "Do you see any thing?" whispered Valletort to his friend, who stood next him: "look—look!" and ...
— Wacousta: A Tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy (Complete) • John Richardson
... said the captain briefly, "after I've seen Loring. I want to shake hands with him, I say, before I do anything else. Where'll I find him?" And with most depressing disregard of the General's greatness, the sailor would have turned his back on the entire party in order to find his injured friend, but ...
— A Wounded Name • Charles King
... the duties of the curacies that they have to perform; and that the religious missionaries be visited by the secular prelates in regard to the curacies: I have been informed that it is not obeyed as is advisable; that the prelates do not exercise the care that is advisable in examining the said religious missionaries, in order to satisfy you that they are competent and that they thoroughly understand the language of those whom they are going to teach; and that many of their omissions and excesses in the administration of ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 • Various


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