do

verb40

1. •
   To perform; to execute.

   • If you want something done, do it yourself.
   • All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
2. •
   To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

   • Don't forget to do your report!
3. •
   To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

   • The woman-who-did did not do very well, Juliet thought. — 2018
4. •
   To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.

   • did a listen do someone a frighten doing her a cute
5. •
   used to make a question with most verbs, but not with "be" or with verbs such as "can" or "will"

   • Do you go there often?
6. •
   A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.

   • I do not go there often.
   • Do not listen to him.
7. •
   A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.

   • I play tennis; she does too.
   • Likes her cappuccino, Mary does. (UK, colloquial)
8. •
   A syntactic marker.
9. •
   A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.

   • But I do go sometimes.
   • Do tell us.
10. •
    To have as one's job.

    • What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
11. •
    To fare, perform (well or poorly).

    • Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
12. •
    To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.

    • A big framed beast takes a lot of food — expensive food at that [—] to keep it doing […] — 1908
13. •
    To cook.

    • I'll just do some eggs.
14. •
    (informal) To make or provide.

    • Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
15. •
    (informal) To provide as a service.

    • Do they do haircuts there?
16. •
    To have (as an effect).

    • The fresh air did him some good.
17. •
    To suffice.

    • make it do or do without
    • it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
18. •
    To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

    • What's that car doing in our swimming pool?
19. •
    To finish.
20. •
    (informal) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.

    • He was doing 50 [miles per hour] in a school zone.
21. •
    To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)

    • I did five years for armed robbery.
22. •
    To take (a drug).

    • I do cocaine.
23. •
    To be reasonable or acceptable.

    • It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
24. •
    To impersonate or depict.

    • They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
25. •
    (slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)

    • Deme[trius]. Villaine vvhat hast thou done? / A[aron]. That vvhich thou canst not vndoe. / Chiron. Thou hast vndone our mother. / Aron. Villaine I haue done thy mother. — 1588
26. •
    [with oneself] (slang) To masturbate.

    • I got horny from his nudes and ended up doing myself to them.
27. •
    (slang) To kill.

    • Case pulled the .22 out of his pocket and levelled it at Wage's crotch. “I hear you wanna do me.” — 1984
28. •
    (slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

    • Sometimes they lie in wait in these dark streets, and fracture his skull, […] or break his arm, or cut the sinew of his wrist; and that they call doing him. — 1870
29. •
    (informal) To injure (one's own body part).

    • "Defender Kolo Toure admitted Given will be a loss, but gave his backing to Nielsen. 'I think he's done his shoulder,' said the Ivorian." — 2010
30. •
    (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.

    • He got done for speeding.
    • Teacher'll do you for that!
31. •
    To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.

    • Let’s do New York also.
32. •
    To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

    • He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.
    • He was planning to do a 9/11.
33. •
    To cheat or swindle.

    • That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
34. •
    (informal) Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).

    • Do I just call every number on the list each time?
35. •
    To treat in a certain way.

    • They did me well, I assure you—uncommon well: Bollinger of '84; green chartreuse fit for a prince; […] — 1894
36. •
    To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.

    • the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
37. •
    (dialect) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

    • ...An' the dogs do bark, an' the rooks be a-vled to the elems high and dark, an' the water do roar at mill. — 1844
38. •
    To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
39. •
    (no longer used) To cause or make (someone) (do something).

    • And also my lorde abbot of westmynster ded do shewe to me late, certayn euydences wryton in olde englysshe […] — 1890
40. •
    (no longer used) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

noun8

1. •
   (UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.

   • We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
2. •
   Something that can or should be done.

   • Don’t forget the dos and don’ts.
3. •
   (informal) Clipping of hairdo.

   • Nice do!
   • I don't like to spend time on my hairstyle, so I usually just wear a do-rag.
4. •
   (UK, slang) A homicide.

   • Get it done, no not properly Them man thought that they got me True, I came back like a fucking zombie Attempted do with the ching Have an opp boy say “please don’t chong me!” — 2020
5. •
   (no longer used) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.

   • A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. — 1689
6. •
   (no longer used) Something that has been done.

   • "How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos."
7. •
   (slang, no longer used) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
8. •
   (slang, no longer used) A cheat; a swindler.

adverb1

1. •
   (no longer used) Abbreviation of ditto.

   • Softest flowers, .. J. P. Robson, 335 / Stars of Hartlepool, .. do 356 — 1849

noun1

1. •
   A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

number1

1. •
   The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.

adverb1

1. •
   Abbreviation of ditto.

noun5

1. •
   (US) a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
2. •
   Initialism of direct object.
3. •
   Initialism of dissolved oxygen.
4. •
   (Hong-Kong) Initialism of district officer.
5. •
   Initialism of disto-occlusal.