dispense, v.
(dispensed, dispenses, dispensing)
freq. cnt. 3
(dispensed, dispenses, dispensing)
freq. cnt. 3
administer or bestow, as in small portions
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
administer allot deal deal out dish out dispense distribute dole out lot mete out parcel out shell out
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
They %s the food to the people
They %s the people the food
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
give or apply (medications)
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
administer dispense
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something to somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
entailment
hyponym
grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
<verb.social>
dispense
sample sentences
"I was dispensed from this terrible task"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebody PP
semantic pointers
hypernym