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Verb: do (did,done,doing,does)  doo
  1. Engage in
    "do research"; "do nothing";
    - make
     
  2. Carry out an action
    "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "she did a little dance";
    - perform, execute
     
  3. Get (something) done
    "I did my job";
    - perform
     
  4. Perform, succeed or manage over a period of time
    "How is she doing in her new job?";
    - fare, make out, come, get along
     
  5. Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
    - cause, make, engender
     
  6. Carry out, engage in (as of jobs and professions)
    "do law";
    - practice [N. Amer], practise [Brit, Cdn], exercise
     
  7. Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
    "Will $100 do?";
    - suffice, answer, serve
     
  8. Create or design, often in a certain way
    "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest";
    - make
     
  9. Show a certain behaviour; conduct or comport oneself
    "What makes her do this way?";
    - act, behave
     
  10. Spend time in prison or in a labour camp
    "He did six years for embezzlement";
    - serve
     
  11. Carry on or function
    "We could do with a little more help around here";
    - manage
     
  12. Style or arrange hair attractively
    "do my hair for the wedding";
    - dress, arrange, set, coif, coiffe, coiffure
     
  13. Travel or traverse (a distance)
    "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"
Noun: do  doo
  1. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    - doh, ut
     
  2. A party or social event
    - bash [informal]
     
  3. [informal] The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
    - hairdo [informal], hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
Noun: DO
  1. Doctor's degree in osteopathy
    - Doctor of Osteopathy

Sounds like: dew, du

Derived forms: dos, doing

Type of: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, create, doctorate, doctor's degree, execute, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], go, groom, hair, live up to, locomote, make, move, neaten, party, pass, proceed, satisfy, solfa syllable, spend, travel

Antonym: undo

Encyclopedia: Do, Ivory Coast

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