'Deploy' definitions:
Definition of 'deploy'
(from WordNet)
verb
Place troops or weapons in battle formation
verb
To distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"
Definition of 'Deploy'
From: GCIDE
- Deploy \De*ploy"\, Deployment \De*ploy"ment\, n. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
- Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deploy'
From: GCIDE
- Deploy \De*ploy"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Deployed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deploying.] [F. d['e]ployer; pref. d['e]? = d['e]s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display.] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'deploy'
From: GCIDE
- deploy \de*ploy"\, v. t. To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use. [PJC] Deploy
Synonyms of 'deploy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrate,
- adduce,
- advance,
- allege,
- allocate,
- arrange,
- array,
- assign,
- branch,
- branch out,
- bring forward,
- bring on,
- bring to bear,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- collocate,
- cool off,
- cure,
- disperse,
- dispose,
- divaricate,
- diverge,
- divide,
- dress,
- emplace,
- expand,
- extend,
- fan,
- fan out,
- fix,
- fix up,
- flare,
- form,
- get a fix,
- get ready,
- go away,
- go off,
- grade,
- harmonize,
- hierarchize,
- home in on,
- install,
- lay out,
- line up,
- localize,
- locate,
- make arrangements,
- make preparations,
- make ready,
- marshal,
- methodize,
- mobilize,
- navigate,
- normalize,
- offer,
- open,
- open up,
- order,
- organize,
- outspread,
- outstretch,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- pacify,
- pin down,
- pinpoint,
- place,
- plan,
- plead,
- position,
- prearrange,
- prep,
- prepare,
- present,
- pretreat,
- process,
- produce,
- provide,
- put in place,
- put in shape,
- quiet,
- rally,
- ramify,
- rank,
- ready,
- ready up,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- routinize,
- separate,
- set up,
- settle preliminaries,
- situate,
- splay,
- spot,
- spraddle,
- sprangle,
- sprawl,
- spread,
- spread like wildfire,
- spread out,
- standardize,
- structure,
- systematize,
- tan,
- tranquilize,
- treat,
- triangulate,
- trim,
- try out,
- unfold,
- widen,
- zero in on