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HAND OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give to several people

Example:

The teacher handed out the exams

Synonyms:

distribute; give out; hand out; pass out

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hand out" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hand out"):

apportion; deal; divvy up; portion out; share (give out as one's portion or share)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

I was now too fond of you often to simulate the first whim; and, when I stretched my hand out cordially, such bloom and light and bliss rose to your young, wistful features, I had much ado often to avoid straining you then and there to my heart.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)