| means | (verb) carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
do, execute, perform |
| means | (verb) perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
perform |
| means | (verb) act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
effect |
| means | (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
pull, commit, perpetrate |
| means | (verb) put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
fulfill, action, accomplish, carry through, carry out, fulfil, execute |
| means | (verb) devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
concoct, think of, hatch, think up, dream up |
| means | (verb) compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
make |
| means | (verb) create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
manufacture |
| means | (verb) perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
make |
| means | (verb) get (something) done; "I did my job"
do, perform |
| means | (verb) carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
take |
| means | (verb) give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
perform |
| means | (verb) make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
make |
| means | (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
make, do, cause |
| means | (verb) carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
make |
| means | (verb) make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
create, make |
| means | (verb) make from scratch
create from raw material, create from raw stuff |
| means | (verb) institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
make, lay down, establish |
| means | (verb) form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls"
cut |
| means | (verb) create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
do, make |
| means | (verb) build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
build, establish |
| means | (verb) prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
brew |
| means | (verb) engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
commit, practice |
| means | (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law"
practise, practice, exercise, do |
| means | (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
move, act |
| means | (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of)
practise, practice, rehearse |
| means | (verb) create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
create, make |
| means | (verb) gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
make |
| means | (verb) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
elaborate |
| means | (verb) produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"
manufacture |
| means | (verb) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture"
concoct, cook up |
| means | (verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
make, draw |
| means | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
do, behave, act |
| means | (verb) produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"
set up, effectuate, effect |
| means | (verb) work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
elaborate, work out |
| means | (verb) murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
execute |
| means | (verb) replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
spiel, play |
| means | (verb) learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
drill, practise, practice, exercise |
| means | (verb) create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
produce, create, make |
| means | (verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress"
cut, tailor |
| means | (verb) cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
render |
| means | (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
construct, fabricate, manufacture |
| means | (verb) convert into cash; of goods and property
realise, realize |