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| lumberjack |
someone employed to cut down trees and deliver them to a lumber mill; logger. |
| mail1 |
(sometimes pl.) the system organized to send and deliver letters, parcels, and the like; postal system. [1/4 definitions] |
| mail carrier |
one whose job is to deliver mail. |
| mailman |
a man whose job is to deliver mail; postman. |
| order |
a request or direction to produce or deliver goods, or such goods themselves. [1/17 definitions] |
| outdeliver |
combined form of deliver. |
| page2 |
a young person employed to deliver messages and do other errands. [1/3 definitions] |
| parachute |
to drop or deliver (soldiers, supplies, or the like) by parachute. [1/4 definitions] |
| preach |
to present or deliver (religious or moral instruction or the like) in a sermon. [1/4 definitions] |
| recite |
to deliver text orally from memory. [1/5 definitions] |
| redeem |
to save or deliver from sin or divine retribution. [1/7 definitions] |
| redeliver |
combined form of deliver. |
| save1 |
in theology, to deliver from sin and its consequences. [1/10 definitions] |
| sock it to someone |
(slang) to deliver a devastating criticism or blow to someone. |
| speak |
to deliver a speech, address, or lecture. [1/8 definitions] |
| spin kick |
a martial arts move in which a person jumps spinning into the air to deliver a kick. |
| Sunday punch |
anything able to deliver a powerful blow to one's opposition. [1/2 definitions] |
| wasp |
any of various winged insects that have a slender body with a very narrow waist, and that can deliver a very painful sting. |
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