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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb try 5 of 9 senses of try Sense 1 try seek, attempt, essay, assay => take a dare, pick up the gauntlet => fight, struggle => grope => endeavor, endeavour, strive => give it a whirl, give it a try => gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance => risk, put on the line lay on the line Sense 2 test, prove, try try out examine, essay => control, verify => float => field-test Sense 3 judge, adjudicate, try => court-martial Sense 5 hear, try => rehear, retry Sense 7 try strain, stress => rack Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb try 5 of 9 senses of try Sense 1 try seek, attempt, essay, assay => take a dare, pick up the gauntlet => fight, struggle => tug, labor, labour, push drive => strive, reach, strain => overstrain => extend oneself => kill oneself, overexert oneself => trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself => flounder => grope => endeavor, endeavour, strive => struggle => scuffle, tussle => wrestle => mudwrestle => take pains, be at pains => buck => give it a whirl, give it a try => gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance => luck it luck through => risk, put on the line lay on the line => venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize => bell the cat Sense 2 test, prove, try try out examine, essay => control, verify => float => field-test Sense 3 judge, adjudicate, try => court-martial Sense 5 hear, try => rehear, retry Sense 7 try strain, stress => rack Entailment of verb try Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb try 9 senses of try Sense 1 try seek, attempt, essay, assay => act move Also See-> try out#1 Sense 2 test, prove, try try out examine, essay => judge Sense 3 judge, adjudicate, try => decide, make up one's mind, determine Sense 4 sample, try try out taste => consume, ingest, take in take have Sense 5 hear, try => probe, examine Sense 6 try => pain, anguish, hurt Sense 7 try strain, stress => afflict Sense 8 try render => melt, run, melt down Sense 9 try on try => wear, put on get into don, assume Familiarity of verb try try used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb try Sense 1 try seek, attempt, essay, assay => act move -------------- Sense 2 test, prove, try try out examine, essay => judge -------------- Sense 3 judge, adjudicate, try => decide, make up one's mind, determine -------------- Sense 4 sample, try try out taste => consume, ingest, take in take have -------------- Sense 5 hear, try => probe, examine -------------- Sense 6 try => pain, anguish, hurt -------------- Sense 7 try strain, stress => afflict -------------- Sense 8 try render => melt, run, melt down -------------- Sense 9 try on try => wear, put on get into don, assume -------------- Grep of noun try acidimetry actinometry african country algometry alkalimetry allometry aluminum industry analytic geometry analytical geometry ancestry anemometry anthropolatry anthropometry apparel industry arborolatry arms industry artistry asian country astrolatry astrometry asymmetry audiometry autolatry automobile industry back country balkan country banditry banking industry baptistry bardolatry basketry bathymetry battle of tertry bibliolatry bigotry bilateral symmetry biochemistry bluegrass country buffer country cabinetry calorimetry carpentry casuistry central american country chantry chemical industry chemistry circuitry coal industry colorimetry computer industry construction industry coordinate geometry coquetry cosmetic dentistry cosmolatry cottage industry country coventry craniometry credit entry cross country danish pastry daredeviltry debit entry demonolatry densitometry dentistry department of chemistry descriptive geometry deviltry diabolatry dictionary entry doctor of optometry dosimetry double entry electrochemistry electronics industry elementary geometry elliptic geometry entertainment industry entry euclidean geometry european country fashion industry fetometry film industry foetometry forestry french pastry gadgetry gallantry gantry gauntry gentry geochemistry geometry grammatolatry gravimetry growth industry gynaeolatry gyneolatry hagiolatry harlotry heliolatry hierolatry housing industry hydrometry hyperbolic geometry hypsometry ichthyolatry iconolatry idiolatry idolatry immunochemistry industry infantry inorganic chemistry interpersonal chemistry isometry jesuitry knight errantry landed gentry langtry ledger entry lexical entry lighting industry lillie langtry line of poetry lordolatry marquetry ministry mirror symmetry monolatry mother country movie industry munitions industry musketry neuropsychiatry non-euclidean geometry north american country notebook entry nuclear chemistry oil industry old country ophiolatry optometry organic chemistry pageantry palmistry pantry parabolic geometry pargetry parquetry pastry peasantry pedantry pelvimetry photochemistry phratry physical chemistry plane geometry plastics industry pleasantry pleximetry podiatry poetry point of entry port of entry poultry projective geometry psychiatry psychometry puppetry pyrolatry radial asymmetry radial symmetry radiochemistry reentry refining industry registry riemannian geometry right of entry right of re-entry rocketry scandinavian country school of dentistry securities industry selenolatry sentry service industry shipbuilding industry shoe industry sign industry single entry sociometry solid geometry sophistry south american country space-reflection symmetry spectrometry spherical geometry spherical trigonometry steel industry stoichiometry supersymmetry symbolatry symbololatry symmetry tapestry telemetry tenantry tertry thaumatolatry thermometry tobacco industry toiletry topolatry touristry toy industry trigonometry trucking industry try try-on try square trygve halvden lie trygve lie trying on tryout trypetidae trypsin trypsinogen tryptophan tryptophane tryst verbolatry vestry viscometry west country zealotry zoolatry Overview of noun try The noun try has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try -- (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something: "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try") Overview of verb try The verb try has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (345) try seek, attempt, essay, assay -- (make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "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. (16) test, prove, try try out examine, essay -- (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe") 3. (4) judge, adjudicate, try -- (put on trial or sit as the judge at the trial of "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials") 4. (2) sample, try try out taste -- (take a sample of "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes") 5. hear, try -- (examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California") 6. try -- (give pain or trouble to "I've been sorely tried by these students") 7. try strain, stress -- (test the limits of "You are trying my patience!") 8. try render -- (melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole") 9. try on try -- (put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks") Grep of adj try country cross-country paltry sultry sweltry trying upcountry wintry Overview of noun try The noun try has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try -- (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something: "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try") Overview of verb try The verb try has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (345) try seek, attempt, essay, assay -- (make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "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. (16) test, prove, try try out examine, essay -- (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe") 3. (4) judge, adjudicate, try -- (put on trial or sit as the judge at the trial of "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials") 4. (2) sample, try try out taste -- (take a sample of "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes") 5. hear, try -- (examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California") 6. try -- (give pain or trouble to "I've been sorely tried by these students") 7. try strain, stress -- (test the limits of "You are trying my patience!") 8. try render -- (melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole") 9. try on try -- (put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks")
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