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Verb: deliver  di'livu(r)
  1. Bring to a destination, make a delivery
    "our local super market delivers"
     
  2. Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
    - present
     
  3. To surrender someone or something to another
    "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"
    - hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, render
     
  4. Free from harm or evil
    - rescue
     
  5. Hand over to the authorities of another country
    - extradite, deport
     
  6. Pass down
    "deliver a judgment"
    - render, return
     
  7. Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
    "The students delivered a cry of joy"
     
  8. Save from sins
    - redeem, save
     
  9. Carry out or perform
    "deliver an attack"; "deliver a blow"
    - drive home
     
  10. Relinquish possession or control over
    - surrender, cede, give up
     
  11. Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
    "The pitcher delivered the ball"
    - pitch
     
  12. Cause to be born
    - give birth, bear, birth, have

Derived forms: delivers, delivered, delivering

See also: deliverer, delivery

Type of: bring, bring forth, bring through, carry through, communicate, convey, emit, expel, fetch, get, gift, give, hand, kick out, 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

Encyclopedia: Deliver