deliver
v.
convey; make a delivery; give; express; give birth; help to deliver a baby, help at the birth of a baby; redeem; surrender; set free
Delivery
Deliver
De·liv·er v. 1. To assist a woman in giving birth to a baby. 2. To extract something from an enclosed place, as a foreign body or a tumor. deliver 1. [
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deliver
Verb
1. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
(synonym) present
(hypernym) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(hyponym) speechify
(derivation) manner of speaking, speech, delivery
2. bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"
(hypernym) bring, get, convey, fetch
(hyponym) misdeliver
(derivation) deliverer
3. to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
(synonym) hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, render
(hypernym) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
(hyponym) bail
(derivation) deliverer
4. free from harm or evil
(synonym) rescue
(hypernym) save, carry through, pull through, bring through
(hyponym) salvage, salve, relieve, save
(derivation) savior, saviour, rescuer, deliverer
5. hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
(synonym) extradite, deport
(hypernym) expel, throw out, kick out
(hyponym) repatriate
6. pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
(synonym) render, return
(hypernym) communicate, pass on, pass, put across
7. utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"
(hypernym) utter, emit, let out, let loose
8. save from sins
(synonym) redeem, save
(derivation) Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer
(classification) religion, faith
9. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"
(synonym) drive home
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) land
10. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
(synonym) surrender, cede, give up
(hypernym) give, gift, present
(hyponym) yield up
11. throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
(synonym) pitch
(hypernym) throw
12. give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"
(synonym) give birth, bear, birth, have
(hypernym) produce, bring forth
(hyponym) twin
(entail) conceive
(verb-group) have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
(derivation) delivery, obstetrical delivery
Deliver
(v. t.)
To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.
(v. t.)
To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
(v. t.)
To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.
(v. t.)
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
(v. t.)
To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
(v. t.)
To discover; to show.
(v. t.)
To deliberate.
(v. t.)
To admit; to allow to pass.
(v. t.)
Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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