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HAND OUT
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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
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)
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