• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
• a progression from simpler to more complex forms
• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
• vegetation that has grown
• the gradual beginning or coming forth
• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
• To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
• To cook.
• To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
• To treat in a certain way.
• To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
• To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
• To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
• To impersonate or depict.
• (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
• To kill.
• To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
• To punish for a misdemeanor.
• To have sex with. (See also do it)
• To cheat or swindle.
• To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
• To finish.
• To work as a domestic servant (with for).
• (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
• To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
• (ditransitive) To make or provide.
• To injure (one's own body part).
• To take drugs.
• (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
• a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
• A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov.
• The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.
• The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.
• A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah.
• A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with the mitzvah (Biblical commandment as interpreted in Jewish law) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (Deuteronomy 6:9).
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