DPage 410
- English Word Do Definition To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive.
- English Word Do Definition To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.
- English Word Do Definition To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.
- English Word Do Definition To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done.
- English Word Do Definition To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.
- English Word Do Definition To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.
- English Word Do Definition To cheat; to gull; to overreach.
- English Word Do Definition To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest.
- English Word Do Definition To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- English Word Do Definition To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
- English Word Do Definition To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?
- English Word Do Definition To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.
- English Word Do Definition Deed; act; fear.
- English Word Do Definition Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
- English Word Do Definition A cheat; a swindle.
- English Word Do-all Definition General manager; factotum.
- English Word Do-little Definition One who performs little though professing much.
- English Word Do-naught Definition A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.
- English Word Do-nothing Definition Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
- English Word Do-nothingism Definition Alt. of Do-nothingness