deal

verb [I or T] (SHARE OUT)

/dɪəl/ (dealt, dealt)

Definition

› to give or share out something, especially playing cards: Whose turn is it to deal? Would you like to deal (out) the cards? [+ two objects] Deal them five cards each./Deal five cards to each of them. We have only a small amount of food and clothing to deal out to each refugee.Actions involved in playing cards deal a blow to sb/sth (also deal sb/sth a blow) › to cause someone or something, usually a plan or hope, to fail or to be affected very badly: The latest trade figures have dealt a severe blow to hopes of an early economic recovery.Preventing and impedingLimiting and restricting

(Definition of deal verb (SHARE OUT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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