transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance - the act of transporting something from one location to another

airdrop - delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by droppng them by parachute from an aircraft; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop"

consignment - the delivery of goods for sale or disposal

handing over, passage - the act of passing something to another person

post - the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post"

service of process, serving, service - the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena"

nascence, nascency, nativity, birth - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

address - the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"

catch - a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)

paralanguage, paralinguistic communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings

tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"

shibboleth - a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

tone, tone of voice - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

elocution - an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

inflection, modulation - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

surrender - the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, conveyance - act of transferring property title from one person to another

bailment - the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee

throw - the act of throwing (propelling something through the air with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"

balk - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

ball - a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"

beanball, beaner - a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch - a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball

breaking ball, curve ball, bender, curve - a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter

duster - a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter

fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

knuckleball, knuckler - a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin

passed ball - a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base

screwball - a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

sinker - a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

spitball, spitter - an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

strike - a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"

submarine ball, submarine pitch - a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead

wild pitch - an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base

baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

recovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

lifesaving - saving the lives of drowning persons; "he took a course in lifesaving"

redemption, salvation - (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

reclamation, reformation - rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"

salvage - the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

salvage - the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

salvation - saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"

search and rescue mission - a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them

deed, exploit, feat, effort - a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

breech birth, breech delivery, breech presentation - delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first

abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section - the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)

forceps delivery - delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries

midwifery - assisting women at childbirth

accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child