Verb: deliver di'li-vu(r)
- Bring to a destination, make a delivery
"our local super market delivers"
- Express clearly or formally in words
"She delivered a compelling keynote speech";
- present
- To surrender someone or something to another
"the guard delivered the criminal to the police";
- hand over, turn in, render
- Carry out or perform
"deliver an attack";
- drive home
- Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
"The students delivered a cry of joy"
- Relinquish possession or control over
"The tenant delivered the keys to the landlord";
- surrender, cede, give up
- Hand over to the authorities of another country
"They delivered the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there";
- extradite, deport
- Pass down
"deliver a judgment";
- render, return
- Free from harm or evil
"The firefighters delivered the trapped family from the burning building";
- rescue
- (religious) rescue from sin, damnation, or evil
"The preacher's words delivered many from their sinful ways";
- redeem, save
- Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
"The pitcher delivered the ball";
- pitch
- Cause to be born
"My wife delivered twins yesterday!";
- give birth, bear, birth, have
Derived forms: delivered, delivers, delivering
Type of: bring, bring forth, bring through, carry through, communicate, emit, expel, fetch, get, gift, give, hand, kick out [informal], let loose, let out, mouth, pass, pass along, pass on, present, produce, pull through, put across, reach, save, speak, talk, throw, throw out, turn over, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, wing
Encyclopedia: Deliver