| deal | | |
| n. (act) | 1. business deal, deal, trade | a particular instance of buying or selling.; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" |
| ~ transaction, dealing, dealings | the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).; "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" |
| ~ arms deal | a deal to provide military arms. |
| ~ penny ante | a business deal on a trivial scale. |
| n. (communication) | 2. bargain, deal | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" |
| ~ agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
| n. (quantity) | 3. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
| n. (substance) | 4. deal | a plank of softwood (fir or pine board). |
| ~ plank, board | a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes. |
| n. (substance) | 5. deal, softwood | wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| ~ pulpwood | softwood used to make paper. |
| n. (group) | 6. deal, hand | the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ long suit | in a hand, the suit having the most cards. |
| ~ bridge hand | the cards held in a game of bridge. |
| ~ poker hand | the 5 cards held in a game of poker. |
| n. (event) | 7. deal | the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement).; "he got a good deal on his car" |
| ~ final result, outcome, resultant, result, termination | something that results.; "he listened for the results on the radio" |
| ~ fair deal, square deal | fair treatment. |
| ~ raw deal | unfair treatment. |
| n. (act) | 8. deal | the act of distributing playing cards.; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ distribution | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning. |
| ~ misdeal | an incorrect deal. |
| n. (act) | 9. deal | the act of apportioning or distributing something.; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" |
| ~ apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, allocation, allotment, assignation | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" |
| ~ new deal | a reapportioning of something. |
| v. (communication) | 10. address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" |
| ~ broach, initiate | bring up a topic for discussion. |
| ~ theologise, theologize | treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character. |
| ~ discourse, discuss, talk about | to consider or examine in speech or writing.; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. consider, deal, look at, take | take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" |
| ~ contemplate | consider as a possibility.; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" |
| ~ trifle, dally, play | consider not very seriously.; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" |
| ~ think about | have on one's mind, think about actively.; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first" |
| ~ abstract | consider apart from a particular case or instance.; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" |
| ~ warm to | become excited about.; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica" |
| v. (social) | 12. deal | take action with respect to (someone or something).; "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (social) | 13. contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ extemporize, improvise | manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" |
| ~ fend | try to manage without help.; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" |
| ~ hack, cut | be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
| ~ rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | manage one's existence barely.; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" |
| ~ cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| v. (possession) | 14. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| ~ reallot | allot again.; "They were realloted additional farm land" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| v. (possession) | 15. deal, sell, trade | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ push | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs).; "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs" |
| ~ transact | conduct business.; "transact with foreign governments" |
| ~ deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ black marketeer | deal on the black market. |
| ~ pyramid | use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal. |
| ~ market | deal in a market. |
| ~ hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend, pitch | sell or offer for sale from place to place. |
| ~ sell | be sold at a certain price or in a certain way.; "These books sell like hot cakes" |
| v. (social) | 16. care, deal, handle, manage | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ administer, administrate | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" |
| ~ organize, organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| ~ work | cause to operate or function.; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" |
| ~ come to grips, get to grips | deal with (a problem or a subject).; "I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents" |
| ~ dispose of | deal with or settle.; "He disposed of these cases quickly" |
| ~ take care, mind | be in charge of or deal with.; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements" |
| ~ coordinate | bring into common action, movement, or condition.; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" |
| ~ juggle | deal with simultaneously.; "She had to juggle her job and her children" |
| ~ process | deal with in a routine way.; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" |
| ~ mismanage, misconduct, mishandle | manage badly or incompetently.; "The funds were mismanaged" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| ~ carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ touch | deal with; usually used with a form of negation.; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling" |
| v. (social) | 17. deal | behave in a certain way towards others.; "He deals fairly with his employees" |
| ~ deport, acquit, behave, comport, conduct, bear, carry | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| v. (possession) | 18. deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ misdeal | deal cards wrongly. |
| ~ deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, lot, administer, allot, deal | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| v. (social) | 19. carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ racketeer | carry on illegal business activities involving crime. |
| v. (possession) | 20. apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out, share | give out as one's portion or share. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| ~ hand out, give out, pass out, distribute | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
| v. (possession) | 21. deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| v. (possession) | 22. deal | sell.; "deal hashish" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| go around | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. go around | be sufficient.; "There's not enough to go around" |
| ~ suffice, answer, do, serve | be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" |
| v. (communication) | 2. circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ disseminate, circulate, pass around, broadcast, circularise, diffuse, circularize, spread, disperse, distribute, propagate | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (motion) | 3. go around, outflank | go around the flank of (an opposing army). |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (motion) | 4. go around, revolve, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center.; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| ~ drive in, screw | cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion.; "drive in screws or bolts" |
| ~ screw | turn like a screw. |
| ~ circumvolve, rotate | cause to turn on an axis or center.; "Rotate the handle" |
| ~ wheel, wheel around | change directions as if revolving on a pivot.; "They wheeled their horses around and left" |
| ~ spin, spin around, gyrate, reel, whirl | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
| ~ swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl | turn in a twisting or spinning motion.; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" |
| ~ turn | move around an axis or a center.; "The wheels are turning" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit | avoid something unpleasant or laborious.; "You cannot bypass these rules!" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| wander | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (social) | 2. betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" |
| ~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| ~ two-time | carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time. |
| ~ play around, fool around | commit adultery.; "he plays around a lot" |
| v. (motion) | 3. wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| ~ roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, ramble, range, swan, drift, tramp, cast, roll | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ meander, thread, wind, wander, weave | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| v. (motion) | 4. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (communication) | 5. digress, divagate, stray, wander | lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking.; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
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