distribute in WordNet English dictionary

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"
   distribute  administer  mete out  deal  parcel out  lot  dispense  shell out  deal out  dish out  allot  dole out 
   
2. cause to become widely known
   "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
   circulate  circularize  circularise  distribute  disseminate  propagate  broadcast  spread  diffuse  disperse  pass around 
   
3. cause be distributed
   "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
   circulate  pass around  pass on  distribute 
   
4. to arrange in a systematic order
   "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
   stagger  distribute 
   
5. distribute or disperse widely
   "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
   spread  distribute 
   
6. give to several people
   "The teacher handed out the exams"
   distribute  give out  hand out  pass out 
   
7. make available
   "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"
   distribute 
   
8. be mathematically distributive
   distribute 
   
9. be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
   "Values distribute"
   distribute 
   
10. spread throughout a given area
    "the function distributes the values evenly"
    distribute