distributing Definition

distribute
verb distributed, distributing

1. To give out something.

Thesaurus: give, dispense, share, endow, disperse, dole out, mete out, pass out, allocate, ration; Antonym: collect.
2. To supply or deliver (goods).
3. To spread out widely; to disperse.

Thesaurus: scatter, circulate, spread, diffuse, disseminate, disperse, strew.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin distribuere, distributum.