Sekirov Dictionary

try

UK /tɹɑj/US /tɹaɪ/

verb25

  1. to make an effort to do something, although it may not work
  2. To experiment, to strive.
  3. To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
  4. (euphemistic) To attempt to conceive a child.
  5. To test, to work out.
  6. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
  7. To put to test.
  8. To taste, sample, etc.
  9. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
  10. To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
  11. To put on trial.
  12. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
  13. To test someone's patience.
  14. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
  15. (slang) To want, to desire.
  16. (slang) To fight or to make an attempt at an attack.
  17. To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
  18. (figurative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
  19. To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
  20. (no longer used) To divide; to separate.
  21. (no longer used) To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
  22. (no longer used) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
  23. (no longer used) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
  24. (no longer used) To extract wax from a honeycomb
  25. (no longer used) To do; to fare.

noun7

  1. An attempt.
  2. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
  3. An act of tasting or sampling.
  4. A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
  5. A field goal or extra point
  6. A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
  7. (dialect, no longer used) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

adjective1

  1. (no longer used) Fine, excellent.
forms

tried · triedst · trying · tries · trieth · triest · more try · most try

Phrases with try

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