Results for try
Definitions of try:
part of speech: verb transitive
To test: to sift: to prove by experiment: to purify: to examine judicially: to examine carefully: to experience: to attmept: to use as means: to put to severe trial, cause suffering to.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To endeavor; to make an effort; to try an experiment.
part of speech: noun
An attempt; an effort; a test.
part of speech: present participle
part of speech: verb intransitive
To endeavor: to make an effort:- pa. t. and pa. p. tried.
part of speech: verb
To attempt; to endeavour; to make or use exertion in order to perform; to make experiment on; to prove by experiment; to examine; to bring before a tribunal or into a court of law; to examine judicially by witnesses; to purify or refine.
part of speech: verb transitive
To prove by experiment; test; as, prove; make a test of; purify or refine, as metals; melt out, as fat; put through a trial or test; examine judicially; subject to strain; as, the light tries the eyes; subject to trouble or affliction; as, a sadly tried people; decide, as by argument, contest, etc.; attempt to do; use as an experiment.