distribute

1. (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.Examples: "He distributed the bread amongst his followers."Synonyms: allottransitive

2. (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.Examples: "The agency distributes newspapers to local shops."transitive

3. (transitive) To deliver or pass out.Examples: "A network of children distributes flyers to every house."; "Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics."; "Datacasting bypasses the wired, terrestrial Internet and is a cheaper way to distribute software than pressing and mailing CDs."Synonyms: couriertransitive

4. (transitive) To scatter or spread.Examples: "I raked the soil then distributed grass seed."; "The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons."Synonyms: dispersetransitive

5. (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).Examples: "The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area."; "With an election not much more than a year away, distributing HS2's money into roads is pork barrel politics. Or at least it would be if the money existed."transitive

6. (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.Examples: "The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments."Synonyms: categorizetransitive