Definitions for done

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done done

Spelling: [duhn]

IPA: /dʌn/

Done is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in done (deno).

Definitions for done

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. past participle of do1 .
2. Nonstandard. a simple past tense of do1 .

Idioms

1. be / have done with, to break off relations or connections with; stop.
2. done for, Informal. tired; exhausted. deprived of one's means, position, etc. dead or close to death.
3. done in, Informal. very tired; exhausted:
4. do a number on (someone). number (def 39).
5. do away with, to put an end to; abolish. to kill.
6. do one proud. proud (def 11).
7. do one's number. number (def 40).
8. do one's (own) thing. thing1 (def 22).
9. do or die, to make a supreme effort.
10. do out of, Informal. to swindle; cheat:
11. dos and don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations:
12. do time, Informal. to serve a term in prison:
13. do to death. death (def 15).
14. have to do with. have (def 37).
15. make do, to get along with what is at hand, despite its inadequacy:

adjective

1. completed; finished; through:
2. cooked sufficiently.
3. worn out; exhausted; used up.
4. in conformity with fashion, good taste, or propriety; acceptable:

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. South Midland and Southern U.S. Nonstandard. (used with a principal verb in the past or, sometimes, present tense to indicate completed action):
2. (used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):
3. Archaic. (used in imperatives with you or thou expressed; and occasionally as a metric filler in verse):
4. (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 done

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 done

It was not that she could not say "I have done no wickedness;" let us place this heroine in no false light.

Because I was going more on about how things had already been done.

Newspapers around Europe have also done so in solidarity with the slain.

But he had not done so, and she was glad he could be restrained and deliberate in that "breedy" sort of way.

Did he say anything about what he had done with this thousand dollars or more?

But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.

Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.

He'll think he's done it all himself, and it's right he should.

He made clear that he fully appreciated what the cops had done.

Now, Mr. Bines, I like him and I dare say you've done the best thing for him, unusual as it was.