try

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1. ISO 639-3 language code for Turung.

Verb

1. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
   • I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
   • Can you start the car? —I'll try (to).
2. To divide; to separate. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine. To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
   • to try out the wild corn from the good
3. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
4. To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
   • to try out the wild corn from the good
5. To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil.
6. To extract wax from a honeycomb
7. To test, to work out. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
   • I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
   • I shall try my skills on this.
   • You are trying my patience.
   • Don't try me.
   • You wouldn't dare and try me!
   • You fixin' to try something, fool?
   • Oh, you need to try the soup of the day!
   • to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions
   • I'll try whether I can make it across town on foot.
   • He was tried and executed.
8. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
   • I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
9. To put to test.
   • I shall try my skills on this.
10. To test someone's patience.
    • You are trying my patience.
    • Don't try me.
11. To fight or to make an attempt at an attack.
    • You wouldn't dare and try me!
    • You fixin' to try something, fool?
12. To receive an imminent attack; to take.
13. To taste, sample, etc.
    • Oh, you need to try the soup of the day!
14. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
    • to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions
15. To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
    • I'll try whether I can make it across town on foot.
16. To put on trial.
    • He was tried and executed.
17. To experiment, to strive. To have or gain knowledge of by experience. To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
    • Dad, for God's sake, I'm trying my best!
    • You are trying too hard.
    • How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
    • to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
18. To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
19. To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
    • Dad, for God's sake, I'm trying my best!
    • You are trying too hard.
20. To do; to fare.
    • How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
21. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
    • to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
22. To attempt to conceive a child.
23. To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
24. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
    • The light tries his eyes.
    • Repeated failures try one's patience.
25. To want, to desire.
    • I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.

Noun

1. An attempt.
   • I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
2. An act of tasting or sampling.
   • I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
3. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
   • Today I scored my first try.
4. A screen, or sieve, for grain.
5. A field goal or extra point
6. A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
7. A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.

Adjective

1. Fine, excellent.

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