deal

1. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.Examples: "The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory."; "Rome deals out her blessings and her gold."Synonyms: apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion outtransitive

2. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.Examples: ""Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?""; "Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow."Synonyms: administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand outtransitive

3. (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.transitive

4. (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.Examples: "I was dealt four aces."; "The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt."ambitransitive

5. (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.Examples: "The boxer was dealt a blow to the head."; "This is a heavy-handed weapon attack that can be made with a two-handed weapon, that will deal damage equal to 4 times your size category"transitive

6. (baseball) To pitch.Examples: "The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger."Synonyms: pitch, throw

1. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.archaicbroadly

2. (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.Examples: "I didn’t have a good deal all evening."; "I believe it's your deal."Synonyms: hand

3. (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.Examples: "You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for."Synonyms: steal, bargain

4. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.Examples: "What's the deal here?"; "Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year."; "I don't think that's such a big deal."informal

5. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.Examples: "The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork."; "I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal."Synonyms: dealy, thingy, whazzitinformal

6. (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.Examples: "What's her deal?"; "His whole deal is, you've got to be for it or against it, and you can't make it better."; "My boyfriend hates it when I wear makeup or put on a short skirt, but then he points out how hot girls like the Pussycat Dolls are. What's his deal? —Jill, 16, Fresno, CA"slang

1. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).Examples: "1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,"; "A brisk fire burned in the grate, there were three comfortable chairs, and a deal table with a water carafe, a bucket of coals, and a few other amenities."uncountable

2. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).countable

3. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.Examples: "It shall not be lawful for any person to land any timber, planks or board, deals, staves, tar, pitch, turpentine, rozin or other the commodities aforesaid, on any part of the present quays within the city of Bristol, from any vessel coming into the said port..."; "Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic"; "1 deal (US) = 12 ft x 11 in. x 3/2 in. (E)"archaiccountable