gøre — meaning in English

English meaning

• cross noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• laugh verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
• make verb To create, produce, or build something.

Senses

gøre is used for these senses in English:

• cross (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
• do (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
• do (transitive) To perform; to execute.
• do (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
• do (transitive, chiefly, in questions) To have as one's job.
• laugh (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
• make (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

cross — full definition

1. noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
2. verb To go from one side of something to the other.
3. adj Annoyed or bad-tempered.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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