give out; "The teacher handed out the exams" 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" make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" be mathematically distributive be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute" spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly
If you distribute things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people. Students shouted slogans and distributed leaflets In the move most of the furniture was left to the neighbours or distributed among friends