English > do: 16 senses > verb 2, creation| Meaning | carry out or perform an action. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | perform, execute |
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| Entailed by | cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet |
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| Narrower | appear | Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. |
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| blaze away | Perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly |
| carry | sing / sing or play against other voices or parts |
| churn out | Perform in a mechanical way |
| click off | Perform or finish an action rapidly |
| conduct, lead, direct | Lead, as in the performance of a composition |
| cut | Perform or carry out |
| cut corners | Do something the cheapest or easiest way |
| declaim, recite | recite in elocution |
| improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise | Perform without preparation |
| interpret, render | Give an interpretation or rendition / rendition of |
| make | Perform or carry out |
| pipe up | Begin to play or sing |
| premier, premiere | perform a work for the first time |
| rehearse, practise, practice | Engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| scamp | Perform hastily and carelessly |
| serenade | sing and play for somebody |
| star | Be the star in a performance |
| stunt | Perform a stunt or stunts |
| Spanish | ejecutar, hacer, interpretar, llevar a cabo, practicar |
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| Catalan | dur a terme, executar, fer, interpretar, practicar |
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| Nouns | doer | a person who acts and gets things done |
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English > do: 16 senses > verb 5, creation| Meaning | give rise to; cause to happen / happen / happen or occur, not always intentionally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | cause, make |
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| Narrower | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate | shape or influence |
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| effect, effectuate, set up | produce |
| engender, breed, spawn | Call forth |
| facilitate | increase the likelihood of (a response) |
| impel, force | urge or force (a person) to an action |
| initiate, pioneer | Take the lead or initiative in |
| make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way |
| motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite | Give an incentive for action / action |
| occasion | Give occasion to |
| provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
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| Spanish | causar, hacer, ocasionar, producir, provocar |
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| Catalan | fer, ocasionar, provocar |
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English > do: 16 senses > verb 9, body| Meaning | Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s Adjective |
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| Examples | - "Don't behave like a fool"
- "What makes her do this way?"
- "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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| Synonyms | act, behave |
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| Narrower | act, play, act as | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind |
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| act involuntarily, act reflexively | Act in an uncontrolled manner |
| backslap | Display excessive cordiality (towards) |
| break down, lose it, snap | Lose control of one's emotions |
| bungle | spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly |
| dally, dawdle | Waste time |
| fall over backwards, bend over backwards | try very hard to please someone |
| follow | Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of |
| footle | act foolishly, as by talking / talking nonsense |
| freeze | Suddenly behave coldly and formally |
| frivol, trifle | Act frivolously |
| hugger mugger | Act stealthily or secretively |
| joke, jest | Act in a funny or teasing way |
| make | Behave in a certain way |
| make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
| make as if | Begin or appear to begin an action |
| menace | Act in a threatening manner |
| optimize, optimise | act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world |
| piffle | Act in a trivial or ineffective way |
| play, toy | Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously |
| presume | Take liberties or act with too much confidence |
| quack | act as a medical quack or a charlatan |
| ramp, rage, storm | Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger |
| relax, loosen up | Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner |
| romanticize | Act in a romantic / romantic way |
| sauce | Behave saucily or impudently towards |
| sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise | Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression |
| stooge | act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner |
| swagger, bluster, swash | Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner |
| swell, puff up | Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger |
| vulgarize, vulgarise | Act in a vulgar manner |
| wanton | Behave extremely cruelly and brutally |
| Similar to | act, play, act as | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind |
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| dissemble, pretend, act | Behave unnaturally or affectedly |
| Spanish | actuar, comportarse, comportar, comprtarse, hacer, obrar, portarse, portar |
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| Catalan | actuar, comportar-se, comportar, fer, obrar, portar |
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