deal
/ˈdiːl/ verb B1- To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. · The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.
- To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- To take action with regard to someone or something.
- To distribute cards to the players in a game. · I was dealt four aces.· The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.
- deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict. · The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.
- To pitch. · The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
- To have dealings or business.
- To conduct oneself, to behave.
He/she/it deals · Past dealt · Past participle dealt · -ing form dealing
Verb forms
- Base form
- deal
- He/she/it
- deals
- Past
- dealt
- Past participle
- dealt
- -ing form
- dealing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Still,” argued Caderousse, “I would give a great deal if nothing of the kind had happened; or, at least, that I had had no hand in it.
So he painted my right eye, and as soon as it was finished I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my first glimpse of the world.
Then, with a great deal of chattering and noise, the Winged Monkeys flew away to the place where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
“Here is page 534, column two, a substantial block of print dealing, I perceive, with the trade and resources of British India.
Other matches
- deal An indefinite quantity or amount A2
- deal Wood that is easy to saw C2
- deal The distribution of cards to players C2
- deal Made of deal. C2
- deal in To deal cards to someone entering a game
- deal into To discard another player's winning tile, causi...
- deal out not to deal cards to someone who is leaving a g...
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