The verb distribute has 10 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (11) 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")
2. (6) spread, distribute -- (distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country")
3. (4) distribute -- (make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia")
4. (3) distribute, give out, hand out, pass out -- (give out; "The teacher handed out the exams")
5. (1) circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute -- (cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty")
6. (1) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around -- (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news")
7. distribute -- (spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly")
8. distribute -- (be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute")
9. distribute -- (be mathematically distributive)
10. stagger, distribute -- (to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall")