Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - deliver

~ v 1 »TAKE STH SOMEWHERE« to take goods, letters etc to the place where they have been sent  (Do you deliver on Saturdays? | deliver sth to)  (Could you deliver this letter to the accounts department? | have sth delivered)  (I'm having some flowers delivered for her birthday.) 2 deliver a speech/lecture/talk etc to make a speech etc to a lot of people  (The President, as was customary, delivered the opening address..) 3 »DO STH YOU SHOULD DO« to do or provide the things you are expected to, because you are responsible for them or they are part of your job  (Local councils are responsible for delivering most basic services. | deliver the goods (=do or provide what you are expected to))  (They made all kinds of promises before the election, but have since failed to deliver the goods. | deliver on a promise AmE (=do what you promised to do)) 4 »BABY« to help a woman give birth to a baby  (Traditionally, local midwives would deliver all the babies in the area. | deliver sb of formal)  (On May 14th, she was safely delivered of a daughter.) 5 deliver a blow/shock etc to to hit someone, give them a shock etc  (He delivered a wild, desperate blow to Derek's jaw.) 6 deliver a verdict/judgment/ruling etc to officially state a formal decision or judgment 7 »PERSON« T always + adv/prep to put someone into someone else's control  (deliver sb to)  (Sharett had betrayed him and delivered him to the enemy.) 8 »VOTES« especially AmE to get the votes or support of a particular group of people in an election  (We're counting on you to deliver the blue collar vote.) 9 »MAKE SB FREE OF« literary or Biblical to help someone escape from something bad or evil  (deliver sb from)  (Deliver us from temptation.) - deliverer n deliver sth up phr v T often passive formal to give something to someone else  (All documents must be delivered up to the trustee.)