Definitions for doest

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doest do·est

Spelling: [doo-ist]

IPA: /ˈdu ɪst/

Doest is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in doest (deost).

Definitions for doest

noun

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

verb

1. 2nd person singular present ind. of do1 .

Idioms

1. do a number on (someone). number (def 39).
2. do away with, to put an end to; abolish. to kill.
3. do one proud. proud (def 11).
4. do one's number. number (def 40).
5. do one's (own) thing. thing1 (def 22).
6. do or die, to make a supreme effort.
7. do out of, Informal. to swindle; cheat:
8. dos and don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations:
9. do time, Informal. to serve a term in prison:
10. do to death. death (def 15).
11. have to do with. have (def 37).
12. make do, to get along with what is at hand, despite its inadequacy:

Verb phrases

1. do by, to deal with; treat:
2. do for, to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of. Chiefly British. to cook and keep house for; manage or provide for.
3. do in, Informal. to kill, especially to murder. to injure gravely or exhaust; wear out; ruin: to cheat or swindle:
4. do over, to redecorate.
5. do up, Informal. to wrap and tie up. to pin up or arrange (the hair). to renovate; launder; clean. to wear out; tire. to fasten: to dress:
6. do with, to gain advantage or benefit from; make use of:
7. do without, to forgo; dispense with. to dispense with the thing mentioned:

auxiliary verb

1. (used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):
2. Archaic. (used in imperatives with you or thou expressed; and occasionally as a metric filler in verse):
3. (used to lend emphasis to a principal verb):

verb (used with object)

1. to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.):
2. to execute (a piece or amount of work):
3. to accomplish; finish; complete:
4. to put forth; exert:
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:
8. to travel; traverse:
9. to serve; suffice for:
10. to condone or approve, as by custom or practice:
11. to travel at the rate of (a specified speed):
12. to make or prepare:
13. to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.
14. to create, form, or bring into being:
15. to translate into or change the form or language of:
16. to study or work at or in the field of:
17. to explore or travel through as a sightseer:
18. (used with a pronoun, as it or that, or with a general noun, as thing, that refers to a previously mentioned action):
19. Informal. to wear out; exhaust; tire:
20. Informal. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of:
21. Informal. to attend or participate in:
22. Slang. to use (a drug or drugs), especially habitually:
23. Slang. to rob; steal from:
24. Slang: Vulgar. to have sex with.
25. Informal. (usually in the negative) to act in accordance with expectations associated with (something specified):

verb (used without object)

1. to act or conduct oneself; be in action; behave.
2. to proceed:
3. to get along; fare; manage:
4. to be in health, as specified:
5. to serve or be satisfactory, as for the purpose; be enough; suffice:
6. to finish or be finished.
7. to happen; take place; transpire:
8. (used as a substitute to avoid repetition of a verb or full verb expression):

Origin of doest

before 900; Middle English, Old English dōn; cognate with Dutch doen, German tun; akin to Latin -dere to put, facere to make, do, Greek tithénai to set, put, Sanskrit dadhāti (he) puts

Examples for doest

If an absolute and unavoidable necessity, why doest thou resist?

The actions of the Prophet were witnessed by the people and they said to him, What doest thou?

And God said to Jonah, "doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?"

What doest thou here with these men—thou whom I left a chief in Zululand?

If He pursue the dry stubble, who dare say, "What doest Thou?"

Therefore, says the Psalmist, Thou art good, and doest good.

And God said to Jonah, doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?

He answereth none of our courts, and no man can say, "What doest Thou?"

doest thou not se how he is taught therunto & fashioned by his dme?

It is not I who suffer the evil, it is thou who doest it thyself, my child!'