try

IPA: trˈaɪ

noun

  • An attempt.
  • An act of tasting or sampling.
  • (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
  • (American football) A field goal or extra point
  • (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.

verb

  • To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
  • (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
  • To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
  • (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
  • (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
  • To extract wax from a honeycomb
  • To test, to work out.
  • To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
  • To put to test.
  • (specifically) To test someone's patience.
  • (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
  • To taste, sample, etc.
  • To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
  • (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
  • (law) To put on trial.
  • To experiment, to strive.
  • To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
  • To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
  • (obsolete) To do; to fare.
  • To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
  • (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
  • (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
  • To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
  • (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want

adjective

  • (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
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Examples of "try" in Sentences

  • He is trying to be a stoic.
  • He is trying to be shipshape.
  • This is not trying to misguide people.
  • That is clearly not plodding and trying.
  • Masticating nuts is hard, but it's worth to try.
  • Researchers are trying hard to protract human life.
  • I'm not trying to delude the public, I'm trying to write truthfully.
  • You are trying to liberalize and be objective and hide the hard facts.
  • It's really hard when you're trying to troubleshoot the customers issue.
  • You're not trying to write neutrally, but you're trying to write persuasively.

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