What does "delivery" mean?
Delivery: The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.
Additional senses
- 2.The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
- 3.The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
- 4.The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.
- 5.The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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