Meaning

2 senses
  1. (euphemistic, slang)To have sex.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed.

Examples

26 sentences
  1. I always feel good after I do my good deed for the day.

  2. I have done a good deed.

  3. You have done a good deed.

    deDu hast eine gute Tat vollbracht. — Waldelfe

  4. He has done a good deed.

  5. She has done a good deed.

Origin

Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al c

Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al clene; Haue þai no dede y-done" ("Yet they are all clean; They have not had intercourse"); and in 1443, Reginald Pecock, The Rule of Christian Religion: "By force hath he..don that dede, That he hath reft hire of hire maydenhede." (By force he has done that deed, That he has deprived her of her virginity.)

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Forms

does the deed, doing the deed, did the deed, done the deed
Base formdo the deed · to do the deed
3rd person singulardoes the deed
Present participledoing the deed
Past simpledid the deed
Past participledone the deed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydo the deed
he, she, itdoes the deed

Past simpleLesson

all personsdid the deed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave done the deed
he, she, ithas done the deed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill do the deed

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddeedworthy

See also

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