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Verb: deliver di'li-vu(r)- Bring to a destination, make a delivery
"our local super market delivers" - Express clearly or formally in words (a speech, oration, or idea)
- present - To surrender someone or something to another
"the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; - hand over, turn in, render - Free from harm or evil
- rescue - 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 - Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
"The students delivered a cry of joy" - (religion) Prevent committing sins
- redeem, save - Carry out or perform
"deliver an attack"; - drive home - Relinquish possession or control over
"The squatters had to deliver the building after the police moved in"; - surrender, cede, give up - 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: delivers, delivered, delivering Type of: bring, bring forth, bring through, carry through, communicate, convey, 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 |