Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
- 4transitive verb
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
- 5transitive verb
To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
- 6transitive verb
To discover; to show.
- 7transitive verb
To deliberate.
- 8transitive verb
To admit; to allow to pass.
- 9transitive verb
Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
- 10verb
cause to be born
"My wife had twins yesterday!"
- 11verb
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
"The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
Synonyms
- 12verb
utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
"The students delivered a cry of joy"
- 13verb
pass down
"render a verdict"
"deliver a judgment"
- 14verb
bring to a destination, make a delivery
"our local super market delivers"
- 15verb
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
"The pitcher delivered the ball"
Synonyms
- 16verb
relinquish possession or control over
"The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
- 17verb
to surrender someone or something to another
"the guard delivered the criminal to the police"
"render up the prisoners"
Synonyms
- 18verb
carry out or perform, "deliver a blow"
"deliver an attack"
"The boxer drove home a solid left"
- 19verb
hand over to the authorities of another country
"They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
- 20verb
free from harm or evil
Synonyms
- 21verb
save from sins
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