Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)execute, put to deathkill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment“In some states, criminals are executed” (v)executemurder in a planned fashion“The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed” (v)executecarry out the legalities of“execute a will or a deed” (v)run, executecarry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine“Run the dishwasher”,
“run a new program on the Mac”,
“the computer executed the instruction” (v)perform, execute, docarry out or perform an action“John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters”,
“the skater executed a triple pirouette”,
“she did a little dance” (v)executesign in the presence of witnesses“The President executed the treaty”