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Meaning of deliver

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  deliver
      v 1: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement
           speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
           students" [syn: {deliver}, {present}]
      2: bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super
         market delivers"
      3: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
         delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the
         prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the
         money" [syn: {hand over}, {fork over}, {fork out}, {fork up},
         {turn in}, {deliver}, {render}]
      4: free from harm or evil [syn: {rescue}, {deliver}]
      5: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They
         extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be
         tried there" [syn: {extradite}, {deliver}, {deport}]
      6: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
         {render}, {deliver}, {return}]
      7: utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered
         a cry of joy"
      8: save from sins [syn: {deliver}, {redeem}, {save}]
      9: carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow";
         "The boxer drove home a solid left" [syn: {deliver}, {drive
         home}]
      10: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
          surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
          {surrender}, {cede}, {deliver}, {give up}]
      11: throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;
          "The pitcher delivered the ball" [syn: {deliver}, {pitch}]
      12: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: {give
          birth}, {deliver}, {bear}, {birth}, {have}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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