1. (

• cover ,
• treat ,
• handle ,
• plow ,
• deal ,
• address ,

) act on 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" ;

2. (

• consider ,
• take ,
• deal ,
• look_at

) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" ;

3. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• cope ,
• get_by ,
• make_out ,
• make_do ,
• contend ,
• grapple ,
• deal ,
• manage ,

) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" ;

5. (

• 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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" ;

6. (

• deal ,
• sell ,
• trade ,

) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" ;

7. (

• 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" ;

8. (

• deal ,

) behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees" ;

9. (

• deal ,

) distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" ;

10. (

• conduct ,
• carry_on ,
• deal ,

) direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" ;

11. (

• share ,
• divvy_up ,
• portion_out ,
• apportion ,
• deal ,

) give out as one's portion or share ;

12. (

• deal ,

) give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" ;

13. (

• deal ,

) sell; "deal hashish" ;