TALK
\tˈɔːk], \tˈɔːk], \t_ˈɔː_k]\
Definitions of TALK
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
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deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
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a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
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express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
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exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
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the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
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an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
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(`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
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idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
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reveal information; let the cat out of the bag; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"
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deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
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a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
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express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
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exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
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the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
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an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
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(`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
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idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
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reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
By Princeton University
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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
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To confer; to reason; to consult.
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To prate; to speak impertinently.
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To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
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To cause to be or become by talking.
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The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
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Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
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Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
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To consume or spend in talking; - often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
By Oddity Software
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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
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To confer; to reason; to consult.
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To prate; to speak impertinently.
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To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
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To cause to be or become by talking.
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The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
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Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
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Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
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To consume or spend in talking; - often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
By Noah Webster.
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To utter words; speak familiarly; converse; express thoughts in speech.
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To utter; make a subject of conversation; as, to talk business; to discuss favorably; as, to talk socialism; to speak (a language) freely; to affect by talking; as, they talked him over to their side; to use or spend in talking: with away; as, to talk away an evening.
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The act of expressing thoughts in words; speech; conversation; subject of discourse; as, the talk of the town; rumor; as, there is talk of a strike; a conference; as, an informal address.
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Talker.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Talker.
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To speak familiarly: to prattle: to reason.
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Familiar conversation: that which is uttered in familiar intercourse: subject of discourse: rumor.
By Daniel Lyons
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Talker.
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To utter in words; exercise speech; converse.
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The act of talking, or that which is said; famillar speech; conference.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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