(~s, distributing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ things, you hand them or deliver them to a number of people.
Students shouted slogans and ~d leaflets...
In the move most of the furniture was left to the neighbours or ~d among friends.
VERB: V n, be V-ed among n
2.
When a company ~s goods, it supplies them to the shops or businesses that sell them. (BUSINESS)
We didn’t understand how difficult it was to ~ a national paper.
VERB: V n
3.
If you ~ things among the members of a group, you share them among those members.
Immediately after his election he began to ~ major offices among his friends and supporters.
= share out
VERB: V n among n, also V n
4.
To ~ a substance over something means to scatter it over it. (FORMAL)
Distribute the topping evenly over the fruit.
= scatter
VERB: V n over n
5.
see also ~d