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Try

verb

(past & past part. tried; pres. part. trying)

1.

Make an effort or attempt. Synonyms: assay, attempt, essay, seek. "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps" , "The police attempted to stop the thief" , "He sought to improve himself" , "She always seeks to do good in the world"

2.

Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. Synonyms: essay, examine, prove, test, try out. "Test this recipe"

3.

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of. Synonyms: adjudicate, judge. "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

4.

Take a sample of. Synonyms: sample, taste, try out. "Sample the regional dishes"

5.

Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process. Synonym: hear. "The case will be tried in California"

6.

Give pain or trouble to.

7.

Test the limits of. Synonyms: strain, stress.

8.

Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities. Synonym: render. "Render fat in a casserole"

9.

Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice. Synonym: try on.

noun

1.

Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. Synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour. "Wished him luck in his endeavor" , "She gave it a good try"

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"Try" Quotes from Famous Books

... thereafter unless the necessities of the service prevent such trial; and then he shall be brought to trial within thirty days after the expiration of said ten days, or the arrest shall cease." The Act reserved the right to try the officer at any time within twelve months after his discharge from arrest, and by a proviso it was made to apply "to all persons now under arrest and waiting trial." The bill had been pending several months, having been originally ...

— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine

... you what I want of you!" cried Nappy Martell in sudden wrath. "I'll teach you to play tricks on me! Try to make me believe your suitcase was stolen, will you? And then come to my room and rough-house things, eh? Just wait till I get through with you and you'll wish you'd never ...

— The Rover Boys at Colby Hall - or The Struggles of the Young Cadets • Arthur M. Winfield

... nothing of the sort. I would sooner throw aside my last claim to self-respect, and write my autobiography. It would at least be safer. But there were events which happened around us, there was an atmosphere in which we lived, so different from those of our lives at home that one felt compelled to try to picture them before they merged into the shadowy memories of the past. And this is all that I have attempted. To all who worked with me through those months I owe a deep debt of gratitude. That they would do everything ...

— A Surgeon in Belgium • Henry Sessions Souttar

... I can't explain everything in the world to you while you are so little; you really must wait until you're more grown up. The Shakers don't shake and the Quakers don't quake, and when you're older, I'll try to make you understand why they were called so and ...

— Homespun Tales • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... weight and density of sand. Do all this, and you may get a vague inkling of what that wind was like. Perhaps sand is not the right comparison. Consider it mud, invisible, impalpable, but heavy as mud. Nay, it goes beyond that. Consider every molecule of air to be a mud-bank in itself. Then try to imagine the multitudinous impact of mud-banks—no, it is beyond me. Language may be adequate to express the ordinary conditions of life, but it cannot possibly express any of the conditions of so enormous a blast of wind. It would have been better ...

— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine

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