Dealed vs Deaded - What's the difference?
dealed | deaded |
(nonstandard) (deal)
(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
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An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (''now usually qualified by'' (great) ''or (good)).
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*:And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage / and vnarmed hym / and layd hym in his bedde / & euer more his wound bledde pytously / but he stered no lymme of hym / Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe / And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune / and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge
*1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park , Ch.2:
*:There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.
*1851 , (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick , Ch.32:
*:There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.
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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
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, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
A unit of volume equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 1.5 in, used to measure firewood.
To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
* Tickell
To administer or give out, as in small portions.
* 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 30:
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, date=April 15
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, title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest
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To distribute cards to the players in a game.
(baseball) To pitch.
To have dealings or business.
* 1838 , , Oliver Twist , ch. 11:
To conduct oneself, to behave.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
(obsolete) To take action; to act.
* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
To trade professionally (followed by in ).
To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
To be concerned with.
* 1922 , , Ulysses , episode 14:
To handle, to manage, to cope.
* 1897 , , Dracula , ch 19:
An act of dealing or sharing.
The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction
* 2014 , Jamie Jackson, "[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/26/angel-di-maria-completes-move-to-manchester-united Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real]", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:
Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
* 2009 , The Guardian , Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:
An agreement between parties; an arrangement
* 2009 , Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 20 Jul 2009:
(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Made of deal.
* 1913 ,
* 1919 ,
(dead)
:* 1826:"What a man should do when he finds himself disabled and deaded in good works" — The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich , collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. vii, 227. London: B. Holdsworth.
As verbs the difference between dealed and deaded
is that dealed is past tense of deal while deaded is past tense of dead.dealed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*deal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at dole.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (act of apportioning or distributing) allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out]], [[share, sharing, sharing out * (large number or amount or extent) batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slewDerived terms
* (indefinite quantity) a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real dealEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
- The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.
- Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
- "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"
- I was dealt four aces.
- The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.
- The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
- Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow.
- In Deheubarth'' that now South-wales is hight, / What time king ''Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].
- Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele .
- She deals in gold.
- This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.
- Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.
- Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.
- I can't deal with this.
Synonyms
* (distribute among a number of recipients) apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out * (administer in portions) administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out * * pitch, throw * (have dealings with) * (trade) sell, trade, bargain * sell * (be concerned with) *Derived terms
* deal with * dealer * dealyNoun
(en noun)- I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
- I believe it's your deal .
- We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
- The deal , which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw, the £28m for Ander Herrera and £16m for Marcos Rojo.
- You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.
- California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.
- He made a deal with the devil.
- "''I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal ."
- Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow .
- What's the deal ?
- The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
Synonyms
* (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time) hand * (instance of buying or selling) business deal, sale, trade, transaction * (a beneficial transaction) steal, bargain * (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each) contract, pactDerived terms
* no deal * package deal * raw deal * sweetheart dealEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), cognate with (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* * (plank of softwood)Adjective
(-)- A plain deal table
- She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little deal table.
- Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin.