do

A syntactic marker. A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.

"Do you go there often?"

A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.

"Do you go there often?"

A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.

"I do not go there often."

A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.

"But I do go sometimes."

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."

Should; ought to (especially in respect of a task to be repeated).

"Do I just call every number on the list each time?"

Used to form the present progressive of verbs.

To perform; to execute.

"If you want something done, do it yourself."

To cause or make (someone) (do something).

To suffice.

"make it do or do without"

To be reasonable or acceptable.

"It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event."

To have (as an effect).

"The fresh air did him some good."

To fare, perform (well or poorly).

"Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?"

To fare well; to thrive; to prosper; (of livestock) to fatten.

To have as one's job.

"What does Bob do? — He's a plumber."

To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).

"Don't forget to do your report!"

To cook.

"I'll just do some eggs."

To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.

"Let’s do New York also."

To treat in a certain way.

To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.

To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.

To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)

"I did five years for armed robbery."

To impersonate or depict.

"They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer."

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."

To kill.

To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.

To punish for a misdemeanor.

"He got done for speeding."

To have sex with. (See also do it)

"I got horny from his nudes and ended up doing myself to them."

To masturbate.

"I got horny from his nudes and ended up doing myself to them."

To cheat or swindle.

"That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!"

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"

To finish.

To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

To make or provide.

"Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?"

To provide as a service.

"Do they do haircuts there?"

To injure (one's own body part).

To take (a drug).

"I do cocaine."

To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

"What's that car doing in our swimming pool?"

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."

To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.

"did a listen do someone a frighten doing her a cute"

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."

Clipping of hairdo.

"Nice do!"

Something that can or should be done.

"Don’t forget the dos and don’ts."

Something that has been done.

""How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos.""

Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.

A cheat; a swindler.

An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.

A homicide.

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

Abbreviation of ditto.

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