Crossword-Solution: DELIVERY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Delivery | n. | The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. |
| Delivery | n. | 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. |
| Delivery | n. | The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery. |
| Delivery | n. | The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. |
| Delivery | n. | The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. |
| Delivery | n. | The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DELIVERY | anagram | DEVILRYE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with DELIVERY (5)
The low though extensive hall, supported by Tuscan pillars, and latterly dignified by the name of Corn-Exchange, was thronged with hot men who talked among each other in twos and threes, the speaker of the minute looking sideways into his auditor’s face and concentrating his argument by a contraction of one eyelid during delivery.
Another and far more important reason than the delivery of a pair of embroidered gloves, impelled Hester, at this time, to seek an interview with a personage of so much power and activity in the affairs of the settlement.
While they help with dissecting problems in mail delivery, odds are the average user will never want to see them.
Unfortunately, the hackers running Systems Concepts were much better at designing machines than at mass producing or selling them; the company allowed itself to be sidetracked by a bout of perfectionism into continually improving the design, and lost credibility as delivery dates continued to slip.
LANYON’S NARRATIVE On the ninth of January, now four days ago, I received by the evening delivery a registered envelope, addressed in the hand of my colleague and old school-companion, Henry Jekyll.
Quotes with DELIVERY (3)
I was always exceedingly delighted with that saying of Chrysostom, "The foundation of our philosophy is humility"; and yet more pleased with that of Augustine: "As the orator, when asked, What is the first precept in eloquence? answered, Delivery: What is the second? Delivery: What is the third? Delivery: so if you ask me concerning the precepts of the Christian religion, I will answer, first, second, and third, Humility.
The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years.
People don’t just appear on the beach unless they’re demigods or gods or really, really lost pizza delivery guys. (It’s happened — but that’s another story.)
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1954–2024).