verb does, doing, did, done 1. to perform or complete (a deed or action): to do a portrait, the work is done
2. often intr; foll by for. to serve the needs of; be suitable for (a person, situation, etc); suffice: there isn't much food, but it'll do for the two of us
3. (transitive) to arrange or fix: you should do the garden now
4. (transitive) to prepare or provide; serve: this restaurant doesn't do lunch on Sundays
5. (transitive) to make tidy, elegant, ready, etc, as by arranging or adorning: to do one's hair
6. (transitive) to improve (esp in the phrase do something to or for)
7. (transitive) to find an answer to (a problem or puzzle)
8. (transitive) to translate or adapt the form or language of: the book was done into a play
9. (intransitive) to conduct oneself: do as you please
10. (intransitive) to fare or manage: how are you doing these days?
11. (transitive) to cause or produce: complaints do nothing to help
12. (transitive) to give or render: your portrait doesn't do you justice, do me a favour
13. (transitive) to work at, esp as a course of study or a profession: he is doing chemistry, what do you do for a living?
14. (transitive) to perform (a play, etc); act: they are doing ``Hamlet'' next week
15. (transitive) to travel at a specified speed, esp as a maximum: this car will do 120 mph
16. (transitive) 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 subject 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 positive statements and commands: I do like your new house, do hurry!
19. (takes an infinitive without to) used as an auxiliary before a negative 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 constructions: 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. (transitive) (informal) to visit or explore as a sightseer or tourist: to do Westminster Abbey
23. (transitive) to wear out; exhaust
24. (intransitive) to happen (esp in the phrase nothing doing)
25. (transitive) (slang) to serve (a period of time) as a prison sentence: he's doing three years for burglary, he's doing time
26. (transitive) (informal) to cheat or swindle
27. (transitive) (slang) to rob: they did three shops last night
28. (
transitive) (
slang)
- to arrest
- to convict of a crime
29. (transitive) (Austral, informal) to lose or spend (money) completely
30. (transitive) (slang, mainly Brit) to treat violently; assault
31. (transitive) (slang) to take or use (a drug)
32. (transitive) (taboo, slang) (of a male) to have sexual intercourse with
33. (transitive) to partake in (a meal): let's do lunch
34. (informal) do, do a, to act like; imitate: he's a good mimic – he can do all 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