delivery

n.

1. Bringing goods into another's possession

   consignment, conveyance, distribution, carting, shipment, transfer, portage, freighting, transmission, dispatch, commitment, entrusting, mailing, special delivery, parcel post, express, surrender, relinquishment, handing over, transferral, cash on delivery, C.O.D., free on board, F.O.B.; see also transportation.

2. Delivery of a child

   birth, parturition, confinement, lying-in, childbirth, labor, travail, giving birth, geniture, midwifery, obstetrics, accouchement, Caesarian, Caesarian section, C-section*; see also birth 1, childbirth.

3. The manner of a speaker

   articulation, enunciation, accent, utterance, pronunciation, emphasis, intonation, inflection, tone, diction, elocution, presentation; see also diction, eloquence 1.

4. The manner in which a baseball pitcher throws

   control, performance, game, ball, arm, rendition, hurling, offering, tossing, elbowing*, twirling*, flinging*, heaving*, round-arm delivery*, southpaw delivery*, freak delivery*, buggy-whip delivery*.