to administer something (to somebody)
1dish out — verb 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 the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑distribu …
2dole out — verb administer or bestow, as in small portions (Freq. 1) administer critical remarks to everyone present dole out some money shell out pocket money for the children deal a blow to someone the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑ …
3mete out — verb 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 the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑distribute, ↑ …
4parcel out — verb 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 the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑distribute, ↑ …
5put out — verb 1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to (Freq. 2) Sorry to trouble you, but... • Syn: ↑trouble, ↑inconvenience, ↑disoblige, ↑discommode, ↑incommode, ↑bother …
6shell out — verb 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 the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑distribute, ↑ …
7deal out — verb 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 the machine dispenses soft drinks • Syn: ↑distribute, ↑ …
8reallot — v.tr. (reallotted, reallotting) allot again or differently. Derivatives: reallotment n. * * * verb allot again They were realloted additional farm land • Derivationally related forms: ↑reallotment • Hypernyms: ↑distribute, ↑administer, ↑ …
9anaesthetise — verb administer an anesthetic drug to The patient must be anesthetized before the operation anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth • Syn: ↑anesthetize, ↑anaesthetize, ↑anesthetise, ↑put under, ↑put out …
10anesthetise — verb administer an anesthetic drug to The patient must be anesthetized before the operation anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth • Syn: ↑anesthetize, ↑anaesthetize, ↑anaesthetise, ↑put under, ↑put out …
