Try meanings. All definitions of Try

transitive verb try attempt sth 1

verbal expression try strive 1

verbal expression try test an effect 1

verbal expression try make an effort 1

transitive verb try evaluate 1

abbreviation TRY taste 1

transitive verb try test, sample 1

noun try effort 1

noun try sport: attempt at goal 1

noun try rugby: goal 1

transitive verb try test for fit 1

transitive verb try legal case: judge 1

transitive verb try law: put on trial 1

transitive verb try challenge 1

transitive verb try attempt to open 1

verb with object try to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple. 1

verb with object try 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 try to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book. 1

verb with object try 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 try Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person). 1

verb with object try 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 try 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 try to melt down (fat, blubber, etc.) to obtain the oil; render (usually followed by out). 1

verb with object try 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 try to make an attempt or effort; strive: Try to complete the examination. 1

verb without object try Nautical. to lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind. 1

noun plural try an attempt or effort: to have a try at something. 1

noun plural try Rugby. a score of three points earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponents' goal line. 1

idioms try 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 try 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

verb try If you try to do something, you want to do it, and you take action which you hope will help you to do it. 0

verb try Try is also a noun. 0

verb try To try and do something means to try to do it. 0

verb try If you try for something, you make an effort to get it or achieve it. 0

verb try If you try something new or different, you use it, do it, or experience it in order to discover its qualities or effects. 0

verb try If you try a particular place or person, you go to that place or person because you think that they may be able to provide you with what you want. 0

verb try If you try a door or window, you try to open it. 0

verb try When a person is tried, he or she has to appear in a law court and is found innocent or guilty after the judge and jury have heard the evidence. When a legal case is tried, it is considered in a court of law. 0

countable noun try In the game of rugby, a try is the action of scoring by putting the ball down behind the goal line of the opposing team. 0

verb try to make an effort or attempt 0

verb try to sample, test, or give experimental use to (something) in order to determine its quality, worth, etc 0

verb try to put strain or stress on 0

verb try to give pain, affliction, or vexation to: I have been sorely tried by those children 0

verb try to examine and determine the issues involved in (a cause) in a court of law 0

verb try to hear evidence in order to determine the guilt or innocence of (an accused) 0

verb try to sit as judge at the trial of (an issue or person) 0

verb try to melt (fat, lard, etc) in order to separate out impurities 0

verb try to extract (a material) from an ore, mixture, etc, usually by heat; refine 0

noun try an experiment or trial 0

noun try an attempt or effort 0

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