verb
definition
To divide into portions and dispense.
example
He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
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To supply to retail outlets.
example
The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.
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To deliver or pass out.
example
A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
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To scatter or spread.
example
I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.
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To apportion (more or less evenly).
example
The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.
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To classify or separate into categories.
example
The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.
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To be distributive.
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To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
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To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
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To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.