verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
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administer critical remarks to everyone present
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dole out some money
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shell out pocket money for the children
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deal a blow to someone
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the machine dispenses soft drinks
• Syn:
↑distribute, ↑administer, ↑mete out, ↑deal, ↑parcel out, ↑lot, ↑dispense, ↑shell out, ↑dish out, ↑allot, ↑dole out
• Derivationally related forms:
↑allotment (for: ↑allot), ↑dispensation (for: ↑dispense), ↑dispenser (for: ↑dispense), ↑deal (for: ↑deal), ↑distribution (for: ↑distribute), ↑distributor (for: ↑distribute), ↑distributer (for: ↑distribute)
• Hypernyms: ↑give
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something to somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.