Definitions for DID

DID did

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IPA: /dɪd/

Did is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in DID (ddi).

Definitions for DID

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. simple past tense 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 DID

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

Word Value for DID
Scrable

5

Words with friends

5

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