English > delivery: 7 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). |
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| Example | "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
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| Synonym | bringing |
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| Narrower | airdrop | delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft |
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| consignment | The delivery of goods for sale or disposal |
| passage, handing over | The act of passing something to another person |
| post | The delivery and collection of letters and packages |
| service, serving, service of process | The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone |
| Broader | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
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| Spanish | distribución, entrega, reparto |
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| Catalan | distribució, entrega, repartiment |
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| Adjectives | deliverable | suitable for or ready for delivery |
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| Verbs | deliver | bring to a destination, make a delivery |
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English > delivery: 7 senses > noun 5, act| Meaning | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
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| Synonym | pitch |
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| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
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| Narrower | balk | An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base |
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| ball | A pitch that is not in the strike zone |
| beanball, beaner | A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head |
| change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch | A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
| curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender | A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
| duster | A pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter |
| fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity |
| knuckleball, knuckler | A baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin |
| overhand pitch | A baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder |
| passed ball | A pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not |
| screwball | A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown |
| sinker | A pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate |
| spitball, spitter | An illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it |
| strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges / judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders |
| submarine ball, submarine pitch | A pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
| wild pitch | An errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base |
| Broader | throw | The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) |
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| Spanish | lanzamiento |
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