"deal a hand" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the sense of a hand in card games, as the outcome of a game depends on the hands that are dealt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deals a hand",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dealing a hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dealt a hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dealt a hand",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "deal<,,dealt> a hand"
      },
      "expansion": "deal a hand (third-person singular simple present deals a hand, present participle dealing a hand, simple past and past participle dealt a hand)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "deal a bad hand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "deal a good hand"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distribute a hand of cards at random to a player."
      ],
      "id": "en-deal_a_hand-en-verb-bQ~YdN21",
      "links": [
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ],
        [
          "at random",
          "at random"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To assign circumstances in life to someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-deal_a_hand-en-verb-1CpuRm9U",
      "links": [
        [
          "assign",
          "assign"
        ],
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To assign circumstances in life to someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-deal a hand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-au-deal_a_hand.ogg/En-au-deal_a_hand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-au-deal_a_hand.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deal a hand"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "deal a bad hand"
    },
    {
      "word": "deal a good hand"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the sense of a hand in card games, as the outcome of a game depends on the hands that are dealt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deals a hand",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dealing a hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dealt a hand",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dealt a hand",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "deal<,,dealt> a hand"
      },
      "expansion": "deal a hand (third-person singular simple present deals a hand, present participle dealing a hand, simple past and past participle dealt a hand)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To distribute a hand of cards at random to a player."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ],
        [
          "at random",
          "at random"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assign circumstances in life to someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assign",
          "assign"
        ],
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To assign circumstances in life to someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-deal a hand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-au-deal_a_hand.ogg/En-au-deal_a_hand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-au-deal_a_hand.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deal a hand"
}