Dictionary entry details
• DELIVER (verb)
Meaning:
Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deliver; present
Context example:
The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
speechify (make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bring to a destination, make a delivery
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
our local super market delivers
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
consign (send to an address)
discharge; drop; drop off; put down; set down; unload (leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo)
process; serve; swear out (deliver a warrant or summons to someone)
misdeliver (deliver to the wrong address)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence example:
They deliver the parcel to their parents
Meaning:
To surrender someone or something to another
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; turn in; get in; deliver; render
Context examples:
the guard delivered the criminal to the police / render up the prisoners / render the town to the enemy / fork over the money
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)
bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Free from harm or evil
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
rescue; deliver
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
bring through; carry through; pull through; save (bring into safety)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
relieve; salvage; salve; save (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)
reprieve (relieve temporarily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Hand over to the authorities of another country
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
extradite; deport; deliver
Context example:
They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Pass down
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
render; deliver; return
Context examples:
render a verdict / deliver a judgment
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The students delivered a cry of joy
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Save from sins
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
redeem; save; deliver
Domain category:
faith; organized religion; religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Carry out or perform
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
drive home; deliver
Context examples:
deliver an attack / deliver a blow / The boxer drove home a solid left
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
give (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
land (deliver (a blow))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Relinquish possession or control over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
surrender; cede; give up; deliver
Context example:
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
yield up (surrender, as a result of pressure or force)
sell (give up for a price or reward)
sign away; sign over (formally assign ownership of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pitch; deliver
Context example:
The pitcher delivered the ball
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause_to_be_born
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
birth; give birth; bear; deliver; have
Context example:
My wife had twins yesterday!
Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):
bring forth; produce (bring forth or yield)
"Deliver" entails doing...:
conceive (become pregnant; undergo conception)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):
twin (give birth to twins)
bear; carry; expect; gestate; have a bun in the oven (be pregnant with)
litter (give birth to a litter of animals)
lamb (give birth to a lamb)
kitten (have kittens)
foal (give birth to a foal)
drop (give birth; used for animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
