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deed
/did/
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What does deed mean?
noun
- An action or act; something that is done.
- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
- The legal title to real estate; ownership.
verb
- (informal) To transfer real property by deed.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/did/
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Long before this time Weatherbury had been thoroughly aroused, and the wild deed which had terminated Boldwood’s merrymaking became known to all.
O such a deed As from the body of contraction plucks The very soul, and sweet religion makes A rhapsody of words.
More book examples (3)
Meilhan stuck pretty firmly to his story that it was to deceive his son that he had fabricated the deed of annuity.
And now, a terrible deed was done in England, the like of which was never done on English ground before or since.
With what convulsion must his mind, in semi-darkness and ruin, have received the news of the still greater deed at Bunker Hill?