Definition of "distribute" []

• To divide and dispense in portions. (verb-transitive)
• To supply (goods) to retailers. (verb-transitive)
• To deliver or pass out: distributing handbills on the street. (verb-transitive)
• To spread or diffuse over an area; scatter: distribute grass seed over the lawn. (verb-transitive)
• To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area: 180 pounds of muscle that were well distributed over his 6-foot frame. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "According to The Sun, McFly are in the "final" stages of signing to Universal, which will see the label distribute and promote their products overseas."
• "Sony settled charges in 2007 brought by the Federal Trade Commission over the incident, which saw the label distribute around 50 music CDs containing "rootkit" software that could open a user's computer to attacks."
• "Donaldson also arranged to have a Greek Orthodox chaplain distribute icons and Russian crosses to POWs as part of religious work for the POWs."