parcel out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.
It's a large job, but if we parcel it out among several people over several weeks, it shouldn't be too difficult.
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To assign.
Jem parceled out our roles: I was Mrs. Radley, and all I had to do was come out and sweep the porch. Dill was old Mr. Radley: he walked up and down the sidewalk and coughed when Jem spoke to him. Jem, naturally, was Boo: he went under the front steps and shrieked and howled from time to time.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| parceling out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| parceled out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| parceled out | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |
| parcelling out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| parcelled out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| parcelled out | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |
| parcels out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
uk ділити на частини (to divide into portions) · de zerstückeln (to divide into portions) · uk парцелювати (to divide into portions) · uk розбивати (to divide into portions) · uk подрібнювати (to divide into portions) · uk дробити (to divide into portions) · de aufteilen (to divide into portions)