deed

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Something that is carried out; an act or action.
• noun A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit.
• noun Action or performance in general.
• noun A signed, sealed, and delivered instrument.
• noun An instrument conveying an interest in real property.
• transitive verb To transfer by means of a deed.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To convey or transfer by deed: as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.
• noun That which is done, acted, performed, or accomplished; a doing; an act: a word of extensive application, including whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
• noun Power of action; agency; performance.
• noun In law, a writing on parchment or paper, authenticated by the seal of the person whose mind it purports to declare; more specifically, such a writing made for the purpose of conveying real estate. See indenture, and deed poll, below.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective obsolete Dead.
• transitive verb Colloq. U. S. To convey or transfer by deed.
• noun That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
• noun Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
• noun obsolete Power of action; agency; efficiency.
• noun Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
• noun (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
• noun a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.
• noun obsolete Performance; -- followed by of.
• noun in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun An action or act; something that is done.
• noun A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
• noun Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
• noun law A legal contract showing bond.
• verb informal To transfer real property by deed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
• noun something that people do or cause to happen