DO

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they do ... he / she / it does

Present simple (negative): I / you / we / they do not/don't ... he / she / it does not/doesn't

Past simple: did

Past simple (negative): did not/didn't

Past participle: done

-ing form: doing

[/DIV.WBG]Sense 1

Meaning:

Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Example:

The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people

Synonyms:

act; behave; do

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Verb group:

act; dissemble; pretend (behave unnaturally or affectedly)

act; act as; play (pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

rage; ramp; storm (behave violently, as if in state of a great anger)

loosen up; relax (become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner)

follow (accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of)

puff up; swell (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger)

frivol; trifle (act frivolously)

footle (act foolishly, as by talking nonsense)

sauce (behave saucily or impudently towards)

hugger mugger (act stealthily or secretively)

backslap (display excessive cordiality (towards))

dally; dawdle (waste time)

break down; lose it; snap (lose control of one's emotions)

make as if (begin or appear to begin an action)

make (behave in a certain way)

piffle (act in a trivial or ineffective way)

jest; joke (act in a funny or teasing way)

stooge (act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner)

act involuntarily; act reflexively (act in an uncontrolled manner)

bend over backwards; fall over backwards (try very hard to please someone)

presume (take liberties or act with too much confidence)

vulgarise; vulgarize (act in a vulgar manner)

optimise; optimize (act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world)

quack (act as a medical quack or a charlatan)

menace (act in a threatening manner)

make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)

bluster; swagger; swash (act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner)

freeze (suddenly behave coldly and formally)

wanton (behave extremely cruelly and brutally)

romanticize (act in a romantic way)

sentimentalise; sentimentalize; sentimentise; sentimentize (act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression)

bungle (spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly)

play; toy (engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously)

act; act as; play (pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange attractively

Example:

dress my hair for the wedding

Synonyms:

arrange; coif; coiffe; coiffure; do; dress; set

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)

Verb group:

curry; dress; groom (give a neat appearance to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

bob (cut hair in the style of a bob)

wave (set waves in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They do their hair

Sense 3

Meaning:

Create or design, often in a certain way

Example:

I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest

Synonyms:

do; make

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

create; make (create by artistic means)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

Did he do his major works over a short period of time?

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

Example:

cause an accident

Synonyms:

cause; do; make

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response))

force; impel (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)

actuate; incite; motivate; move; prompt; propel (give an incentive for action)

breed; engender; spawn (call forth)

call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)

occasion (give occasion to)

make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way)

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Carry out or perform an action

Example:

she did a little dance

Synonyms:

do; execute; perform

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

make (perform or carry out)

conduct; direct; lead (lead, as in the performance of a composition)

interpret; render (give an interpretation or rendition of)

ad-lib; extemporise; extemporize; improvise; improvize (perform without preparation)

practice; practise; rehearse (engage in a rehearsal (of))

appear (appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.)

star (be the star in a performance)

premier; premiere (perform a work for the first time)

churn out (perform in a mechanical way)

scamp (perform hastily and carelessly)

blaze away (perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly)

cut (perform or carry out)

stunt (perform a stunt or stunts)

cut corners (do something the cheapest or easiest way)

serenade (sing and play for somebody)

declaim; recite (recite in elocution)

pipe up (begin to play or sing)

carry (sing or play against other voices or parts)

click off (perform or finish an action rapidly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

doer (a person who acts and gets things done)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Travel or traverse (a distance)

Example:

We did 6 miles on our hike every day

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Carry on or function

Example:

We could do with a little more help around here

Synonyms:

do; manage

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Engage in

Example:

make revolution

Synonyms:

do; make

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Verb group:

make (perform or carry out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

exaggerate; overdo (do something to an excessive degree)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Get (something) done

Example:

I did my job

Synonyms:

do; perform

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill (put in effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

ply (apply oneself diligently)

do one's best; give full measure; give one's best; go all out (perform a task as well as possible)

misdo (do wrongly or improperly)

underachieve; underperform (perform less well or with less success than expected)

turn (accomplish by rotating)

overachieve (perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

doer (a person who acts and gets things done)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

Example:

practice law

Synonyms:

do; exercise; practice; practise

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

"Do" entails doing...:

do work; work (be employed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

shamanise; shamanize (practice shamanism)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Proceed or get along

Example:

He's come a long way

Synonyms:

come; do; fare; get along; make out

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

go; proceed (follow a certain course)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 12

Meaning:

Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Example:

Nothing else will serve

Synonyms:

answer; do; serve; suffice

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet the requirements or expectations of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

bridge over; keep going; tide over (suffice for a period between two points)

go a long way (suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent)

function; serve (serve a purpose, role, or function)

measure up; qualify (prove capable or fit; meet requirements)

go around (be sufficient)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 13

Meaning:

Spend time in prison or in a labor camp

Example:

He did six years for embezzlement

Synonyms:

do; serve

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "do" is one way to...):

pass; spend (use up a period of time in a specific way)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "do"):

admit (serve as a means of entrance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It has since been considered almost a miracle that my aunt didn't shake him, and shake what he had to say, out of him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The thought of food was not even pleasant to him, and whatever he did was done by his reason alone.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“It can make no change. You do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Did you say he was dead?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Doctors is all swabs, he said; and that doctor there, why, what do he know about seafaring men?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was a most beautiful season; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage, but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Even the honest and brave pugilist was found to draw villainy round him, just as the pure and noble racehorse does.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is work in the world, man, and it is not by hiding behind stone walls that we shall do it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a global magnetic field that envelops the entire planet.

(Auroras on Mars, NASA)

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