distribute
     v 1: 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" [syn: {administer}, {mete out}, {deal},
           {parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out},
           {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
     2: distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their
        language all over the country" [syn: {spread}] [ant: {gather}]
     3: make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book
        in Asia"
     4: give out; "The teacher handed out the exams" [syn: {give out},
         {hand out}]
     5: cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among
        the faculty" [syn: {circulate}, {pass around}, {pass on}]
     6: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
        "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
         {circularize}, {circularise}, {disseminate}, {propagate},
         {broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {disperse}, {pass
        around}]
     7: spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes
        the values evenly"
     8: be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses;
        "Values distribute"
     9: be mathematically distributive
     10: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the
         lecture hall" [syn: {stagger}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0