deliver

deliver is a 7-letter English word with 21 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. transitive verb. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
4. transitive verb. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
5. transitive verb. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
6. transitive verb. To discover; to show.
7. transitive verb. To deliberate.
8. transitive verb. To admit; to allow to pass.
9. transitive verb. Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
10. verb. cause to be born

    "My wife had twins yesterday!"

    Synonyms: bear, birth, have

11. verb. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

    "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"

    Synonyms: present

12. verb. utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)

    "The students delivered a cry of joy"

13. verb. pass down

    "render a verdict"

    "deliver a judgment"

    Synonyms: render, return

14. verb. bring to a destination, make a delivery

    "our local super market delivers"

15. verb. throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

    "The pitcher delivered the ball"

    Synonyms: pitch

16. verb. relinquish possession or control over

    "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

    Synonyms: cede, surrender

17. verb. to surrender someone or something to another

    "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"

    "render up the prisoners"

    Synonyms: render

18. verb. carry out or perform, "deliver a blow"

    "deliver an attack"

    "The boxer drove home a solid left"

19. verb. hand over to the authorities of another country

    "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

    Synonyms: deport, extradite

20. verb. free from harm or evil

    Synonyms: rescue

21. verb. save from sins

    Synonyms: redeem, save

Synonyms

bear, birth, have, present, render, return, pitch, cede, surrender, deport, extradite, rescue, redeem, save

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deliver:

deviler, livered, relived, reviled, riveled

Common word forms

delivers, delivered, deliverer, deliverly, delivering, deliverable

Words from these letters

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