do

1. to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.):

   Do nothing until you hear the bell.

   Synonyms: act

2. to execute (a piece or amount of work):

   to do a hauling job.

3. to accomplish; finish; complete:

   He has already done his homework.

4. to put forth; exert:

   Do your best.

5. to be the cause of (good, harm, credit, etc.); bring about; effect.
6. to render, give, or pay (homage, justice, etc.).
7. to deal with, fix, clean, arrange, move, etc., (anything) as the case may require:

   to do the dishes.

8. to travel; traverse:

   We did 30 miles today.

9. to serve; suffice for:

   This will do us for the present.

10. to condone or approve, as by custom or practice:

    That sort of thing simply isn't done.

11. to travel at the rate of (a specified speed):

    He was doing 80 when they arrested him.

12. to make or prepare:

    I'll do the salad.

13. to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.
14. to create, form, or bring into being:

    She does wonderful oil portraits.

15. to translate into or change the form or language of:

    MGM did the book into a movie.

16. to study or work at or in the field of:

    I have to do my math tonight.

17. to explore or travel through as a sightseer:

    They did Greece in three weeks.

18. (used with a pronoun, as it or that, or with a general noun, as thing, that refers to a previously mentioned action):

    You were supposed to write thank-you letters; do it before tomorrow, please.

19. Informal. to wear out; exhaust; tire:

    That last set of tennis did me.

20. Informal. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of:

    That crooked dealer did him for $500 at poker.

21. Informal. to attend or participate in:

    Let's do lunch next week.

22. Slang. to use (a drug or drugs), especially habitually:

    The police report said he was doing cocaine.

23. Slang. to rob; steal from:

    The law got him for doing a lot of banks.

24. Slang: Vulgar. to have sex with.
25. Informal. (usually in the negative) to act in accordance with expectations associated with (something specified):

    Just ignore her insults—she doesn’t do polite.

1. to act or conduct oneself; be in action; behave.
2. to proceed:

   to do wisely.

3. to get along; fare; manage:

   to do without an automobile.

4. to be in health, as specified:

   Mother and child are doing fine.

5. to serve or be satisfactory, as for the purpose; be enough; suffice:

   Will this do?

6. to finish or be finished.
7. to happen; take place; transpire:

   What's doing at the office?

8. (used as a substitute to avoid repetition of a verb or full verb expression):

   I think as you do.

1. (used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):

   Do you like music? I don't care. Seldom do we witness such catastrophes.

2. Archaic. (used in imperatives with you or thou expressed; and occasionally as a metric filler in verse):

   Do thou hasten to the king's side. The wind did blow, the rain did fall.

3. (used to lend emphasis to a principal verb):

   Do visit us!

1. Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
2. Informal. a hairdo or hair styling.
3. British Slang. a swindle; hoax.
4. Informal. a festive social gathering; party.

verb phrase

1. to gain advantage or benefit from; make use of:

   I could do with more leisure time.

2. Informal.
   1. to wrap and tie up.
   2. to pin up or arrange (the hair).
   3. to renovate; launder; clean.
   4. to wear out; tire.
   5. to fasten:

      Do up your coat.

   6. to dress:

      The children were all done up in funny costumes.

3. to redecorate.
4. Informal.
   1. to kill, especially to murder.
   2. to injure gravely or exhaust; wear out; ruin:

      The tropical climate did them in.

   3. to cheat or swindle:

      He was done in by an unscrupulous broker.

5. 1. to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of.
   2. Chiefly British. to cook and keep house for; manage or provide for.
6. 1. to forgo; dispense with.
   2. to dispense with the thing mentioned:

      The store doesn't have any, so you'll have to do without.

7. to deal with; treat:

   He had always done well by his family.

1. the syllable used for the first tone or keynote of a diatonic scale.
2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone C. Compare sol-fa ( def 1 ), ut.

1. ditto.

1. delivery order.

1. direct object. Also d.o.
2. Doctor of Optometry.
3. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.