Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Done
Done
,1.
Performed; executed; finished.
2.
It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; – used elliptically.
Done brown
, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.
[Colloq.]
– Done for
, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed.
[Colloq.]
– Done up
. (a)
Wrapped up
. (b)
Worn out; exhausted.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Done
DONE
,pp.
1.
Performed; executed; finished.2.
A word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed; as in laying a wager, an offer being made, the person accepting or agreeing says, done; that is, it is agreed, I agree, I accept.Definition 2024
done
done
English
Adjective
done (comparative more done, superlative most done)
- (of food) Ready, fully cooked.
- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
- In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."
- They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
- Being exhausted or fully spent.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
- Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
- He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
- Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
- I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!
- What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
Derived terms
Translations
(of food) ready, fully cooked
In a state of having completed or finished an activity
being exhausted or fully spent
without hope or prospect of completion or success
fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful
|
Verb
done
- past participle of do
- I have done my work.
- (African American Vernacular, Southern US, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
- I done did my best to raise y'all.
- I woke up and found out she done left.
Statistics
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdonɛ/
- Rhymes: -onɛ
- Hyphenation: do‧ne
Noun
done
- vocative singular of don