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NOUN | 1 | try, attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour | Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something |
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VERB | 1 | try, seek, attempt, essay, assay | Make an effort or attempt |
2 | try, test, prove, try out, examine, essay | Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | |
3 | try, judge, adjudicate | Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | |
4 | try, sample, try out, taste | Take a sample of | |
5 | try, hear | Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process | |
6 | try | Give pain or trouble to | |
7 | try, strain, stress | Test the limits of | |
8 | try, render | Melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities | |
9 | try, try on | Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice |
Sounds | tray' |
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Rhymes | cry, decry, dry, and 10 more rhymes in ray at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. |
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Examples | "she gave it a good try" |
Synonyms | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour |
Narrower | batting; best; worst; bid, play; braving, confronting, coping with, grappling, tackling; crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer; essay; foray; contribution, part, share; liberation; mug's game; power play, squeeze play, squeeze; research effort; seeking; shot, stab; shot; striving, nisus, pains, strain; struggle, battle; takeover attempt; test, trial, run; test, trial |
Broader | activity |
Verbs | try |
Meaning | Make an effort or attempt. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Model | They try to move |
Synonyms | seek, attempt, essay, assay |
Entailed by | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods |
Narrower | take a dare, pick up the gauntlet; fight, struggle; have a go, give it a try; grope; endeavor, endeavour, strive; give it a whirl, give it a try; gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance; risk, put on the line, lay on the line |
Broader | act, move |
See also | try out |
Nouns | try; trier |
Meaning | Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | test, prove, try out, examine, essay |
Narrower | control, verify; float; field-test |
Broader | judge |
Nouns | trial; trier |
Meaning | Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | They want to try the prisoners |
Synonyms | judge, adjudicate |
Narrower | court-martial |
Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine |
Nouns | trial; trier |
Meaning | Take a sample of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They try more bread |
Examples | "Try these new crackers" |
Synonyms | sample, try out, taste |
Narrower | degust |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
Nouns | trier; trial |
Meaning | Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | hear |
Narrower | rehear, retry |
Broader | probe, examine |
Nouns | trier |
Meaning | Give pain or trouble to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot try Sue |
Broader | pain, anguish, hurt |
Nouns | trial |
Meaning | Test the limits of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "You are trying my patience!" |
Synonyms | strain, stress |
Narrower | rack |
Broader | afflict |
Meaning | Melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "try the yak butter" |
Synonyms | render |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
Broader | melt, run, melt down |
Meaning | Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They try the cape |
Examples | "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" |
Synonyms | try on |
Broader | wear, put on, get into, don, assume |