English Dictionary
◊ DELIVER
deliver
v 1: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement
speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
students" [syn: {present}]
2: bring to a destination, make a delivery
3: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
delivered the criminal to the police" [syn: {hand over}, {turn
in}, {get in}, {render}]
4: free from harm or evil [syn: {rescue}]
5: hand over to the authorities of another country [syn: {extradite},
{deport}, {surrender}]
6: as of a verdict, by a jury [syn: {render}, {return}]
7: utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students
delivered a cry of joy"
8: from sins, as in religious dogma [syn: {redeem}, {save}]
9: present; "deliver a speech"; "deliver a blow"
10: free from a burden, evil, or distress [syn: {relieve}]
11: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {surrender},
{cede}, {give up}]
12: give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"
[syn: {give birth}, {bear}, {birthe}, {birth}, {have}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN DRIVER?
driver
1. {device driver}.
2. The {main loop} of an event-processing
program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for
execution.
3. In the {TeX} world and the computerised typesetting
world in general, a program that translates some
device-independent or other common format to something a real
device can actually understand.
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