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Definition: Dole Out |
Dole OutVerb1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Dole OutSynonyms: administer (v), allot (v), deal (v), deal out (v), dish out (v), dispense (v), distribute (v), lot (v), mete out (v), parcel out (v), shell out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Verb: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve. |
Giving | Present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out. |
Parsimony | Verb: be parsimonious; Adjective: grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "dole out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ua ndaj të varfërve (dole), jap me pikatore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وزع (allocate, allot, apportion, cast, circulation, deal, deal out, deliver, diffuse, disburse, dispense, distribute, divide, hand out, issue, ladle, parcel, part, portion, seed, serve out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | раздавам в малки количества, раздавам неохотно (dole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vydávat (emit, give off, give out), rozdìlovat (deal, dispense, give out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | distribuer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μοιράζω φειδωλώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחלק (apportion, dispense, distribute, divide, give out, hand out, parcel, part, partition, section, share, share out, sunder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szûkmarkúan oszt szét valamit, kiporcióz (to measure out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mencatukan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dosare (dose, measure out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oleday outay distribuir (allocate, allot, deliver, dispart, dispense, distribute, give out, hand out, parcel, portion, serve, share, spread), racionar (allowance, ration). (various references) împãrţi cu zgârcenie. (various references) раздавать (deal, dispense, distribute, give out, hand out). (various references) razdeliti (disjoin, divide, dole, fractionate, give out, hand out, part, pass out, piece out, portion, split), razdati. (various references) distribuir para (hand out, ladle), dar limosna, partir (abandon, break, call away, chapter, chop, cleave, come off, crack, cut, depart, district, divide, drive away, drive off, fly off, go, go alone, go away, leaving, set off, set out, share, split, split up, start off, start out, tear, tear up, throw over, walk away), hacer reparto. (various references) dela ut i småportioner. (various references) ให้ทาน. (various references) azar azar dağıtmak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l-o-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: looted, louted, toledo, tooled. | |
-2 letters: looed, luted, outdo, outed, toled. | |
-3 letters: delt, dole, dolt, dote, duel, duet, leud, lode, loot, loud, lout, lude, lute, oleo, toed, told, tole, tolu, tool, tule. | |
-4 letters: del, doe, dol, dot, due, duo, eld, led, let, leu, loo, lot, ode, old, ole, oot, oud, out, ted, tel, tod, toe. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l-o-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outloved. | |
+2 letters: doubleton, outflowed, outfooled, outglowed, outhowled, outpolled, outrolled. | |
+3 letters: clubfooted, convoluted, devolution, doubletons, outbloomed, outplodded, outplotted, outscolded. | |
+4 letters: automobiled, buttonholed, demodulator, devolutions, footfaulted, foulmouthed, loudmouthed. | |
+5 letters: closemouthed, counterworld, demodulation, demodulators, depopulation, hemodilution, multicolored, outpopulated, surefootedly, uncontrolled. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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