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For the verb: "to deal"

Simple Past:	dealt
Past Participle:	dealt

deal
A	noun
	1	deal
			the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚distribution ╚allotment; apportionment; apportioning; allocation; parceling; parcelling; assignation ╚deal ╚new deal
	2	deal
			the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚distribution ╚deal ╚misdeal
	3	deal, trade, business deal
			a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚transaction; dealing; dealings ╚deal, trade, business deal ╚penny ante ╚arms deal
	4	bargain, deal
			an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚agreement; understanding ╚bargain, deal
	5	deal
			the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚ending; conclusion; finish ╚result; resultant; final result; outcome; termination ╚deal ╚raw deal ╚fair deal; square deal
	6	hand, deal
			the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚collection; aggregation; accumulation; assemblage ╚hand, deal ╚poker hand ╚bridge hand
	7	batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
			(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚large indefinite quantity; large indefinite amount ╚batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew ╚flood; inundation; deluge; torrent
	8	softwood, deal
			wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚plant material ╚wood ╚softwood, deal ╚pulpwood
	9	deal
			a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚building material ╚lumber; timber ╚board; plank ╚deal
B	verb
	1	consider, take, deal, look at
			take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚think about ╚consider, take, deal, look at ╚warm to ╚abstract ╚dally; trifle; play ╚contemplate
	2	cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
			deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak; utter; mouth; verbalize; verbalise ╚talk of; talk about ╚hash out; discuss; talk over ╚broach; initiate ╚cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address ╚discourse; talk about; discuss ╚theologize; theologise
	3	deal, sell, trade
			do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚transact ╚deal, sell, trade
	4	deal
			sell; "deal hashish"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚transact ╚deal; sell; trade ╚deal
	5	deal
			distribute to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚distribute; administer; mete out; deal; parcel out; lot; dispense; shell out; deal out; dish out; allot; dole out ╚deal ╚misdeal
	6	deal
			give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚pass; hand; reach; pass on; turn over; give ╚deal
	7	share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal
			give out as one's portion or share
		Category Tree: give; gift; present ╚distribute; give out; hand out ╚share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal
	8	distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
			administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out ╚give; apply ╚deal ╚reallot ╚assign; allot; portion
	9	deal
			take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚deal
	10	deal
			behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"
		Category Tree: hold; carry; bear ╚behave; acquit; bear; deport; conduct; comport; carry ╚deal
	11	manage, deal, care, handle
			be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
		Category Tree: control; command ╚manage, deal, care, handle ╚process ╚juggle ╚coordinate ╚take care; mind ╚dispose of ╚come to grips; get to grips ╚work ╚organize; organise ╚administer; administrate
	12	conduct, carry on, deal
			direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
		Category Tree: control; command ╚manage; deal; care; handle ╚conduct, carry on, deal ╚racketeer
	13	cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
			come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage ╚meet; match; cope with ╚scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by; rub along ╚hack; cut ╚fend ╚improvise; extemporize
C	adjective
	1	deal
			made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table"

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