doen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- antic noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behaviour; usually used in the plural.
- do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
- make verb To create, produce, or build something.
- put verb To move something into a particular place or position.
- sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
Senses
doen is used for these senses in English:
- antic (intransitive) To perform antics, to caper.
- 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 (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- do (transitive) To cook.
- do (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- harrow (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
- 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.
- put To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
antic — full definition
- noun A piece of foolish, playful or attention-seeking behaviour; usually used in the plural.
- adjective Grotesque or absurd in an oddly theatrical way.
do — full definition
- verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
- verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
- verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
- noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).