(n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To place; to put.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To cheat; to gull; to overreach.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest.
(v. t. / auxiliary) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
(v. i.) To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
(v. i.) To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?
(v. i.) To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.
(n.) Deed; act; fear.
(n.) Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
(n.) A cheat; a swindle.
Example Sentences:
Give
Definition:
(n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
(n.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
(n.) To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
(n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
(n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
(n.) To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
(n.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
(n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.
(n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.
(n.) To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
(n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
(n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word.
(n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
(v. i.) To give a gift or gifts.
(v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
(v. i.) To become soft or moist.
(v. i.) To move; to recede.
(v. i.) To shed tears; to weep.
(v. i.) To have a misgiving.
(v. i.) To open; to lead.
Example Sentences:
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(2) Which means Seattle can't give Jones room to make 13-yard catches as they just did.
(3) We have amended and added to Fabian's tables giving a functional assessment of individual masticatory muscles.
(4) We will never give up our hope for peace,” added Netanyahu.
(5) Not only do they give employers no reason to turn them into proper jobs, but mini-jobs offer workers little incentive to work more because then they would have to pay tax.
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(9) From us you learn the state of your nation, and especially its management by the people you elected to give your children a better future.
(10) Although, it did give me the confidence to believe that my voice was valid and important.
(11) The Labour MP urged David Cameron to guarantee that officers who give evidence over the alleged paedophile ring in Westminster will not be prosecuted.
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(14) "But this is not all Bulgarians and gives a totally wrong picture of what the country is about," she sighed.
(15) The DDE also undergoes photocyclization to give dichlorofluorene derivatives.
(16) Similar results were obtained giving 1.2 g sodium valproate.
(17) Of the N-acetyl cysteamine derivatives tested, S-acetyl-N-acetyl cysteamine (at 10 mM) gives almost complete protection against inactivation whereas S-acetoacetyl-, S-beta-hydroxybutyryl-, and S-crotonyl-N-acetyl cysteamine thioesters exhibit either slight or no protection.
(18) Sinus lining cells give rise to a well defined entity of neoplasia which is proposed to be termed sinus lining cell reticulosarcoma.
(19) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
(20) The data show that as much as a 9% difference from the correct activity can be observed for these radionuclides, even when the ampoule reference source gives the appropriate reading.