ALL meanings of retry
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R r - verb with object retry to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple. 1
- verb with object retry to test the effect or result of (often followed by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out. 1
- verb with object retry to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book. 1
- verb with object retry to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it? 1
- verb with object retry Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person). 1
- verb with object retry to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax: to try one's patience. 1
- verb with object retry to attempt to open (a door, window, etc.) in order to find out whether it is locked: Try all the doors before leaving. 1
- verb with object retry to melt down (fat, blubber, etc.) to obtain the oil; render (usually followed by out). 1
- verb with object retry Archaic. to determine the truth or right of (a quarrel or question) by test or battle (sometimes followed by out). to find to be right by test or experience. 1
- verb without object retry to make an attempt or effort; strive: Try to complete the examination. 1
- verb without object retry Nautical. to lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind. 1
- noun plural retry an attempt or effort: to have a try at something. 1
- noun plural retry Rugby. a score of three points earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponents' goal line. 1
- idioms retry give it the old college try, Informal. to make a sincere effort: I gave it the old college try and finally found an apartment. 1
- idioms retry try it / that on, Chiefly British Informal. to put on airs: She's been trying it on ever since the inheritance came through. to be forward or presumptuous, especially with a member of the opposite sex: She avoided him after he'd tried it on with her. 1
- transitive verb retry put on trial again 1
- transitive verb retry attempt again 1
- noun retry another attempt 1
- verb retry to try again (a case already determined); give a new trial to 0