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try > 10 senses
NOUN	1	try, attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour	Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
VERB	1	try, seek, attempt, essay, assay	Make an effort or attempt
	2	try, test, prove, try out, examine, essay	Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
	3	try, judge, adjudicate	Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
	4	try, sample, try out, taste	Take a sample of
	5	try, hear	Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
	6	try	Give pain or trouble to
	7	try, strain, stress	Test the limits of
	8	try, render	Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
	9	try, try on	Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice

try > pronunciation
Sounds	tray'
Rhymes	cry, decry, dry, and 10 more rhymes in ray...

try > noun, act
Meaning	Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
Examples	"she gave it a good try"
Synonyms	attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour
Broader	activity
Narrower	batting; best; worst; bid, play; crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer; essay; foray; contribution, part, share; liberation; mug's game; power play, squeeze play, squeeze; seeking; shot, stab; shot; striving, nisus, pains, strain; struggle, battle; takeover attempt; test, trial, run; test, trial
Verbs	try

try > verb 1, social
Meaning	Make an effort or attempt.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Model	They try to move
Synonyms	seek, attempt, essay, assay
Broader	act, move
See also	try out
Narrower	take a dare, pick up the gauntlet; fight, struggle; have a go, give it a try; 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
Entailed by	succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Nouns	trier; try

try > verb 2, social
Meaning	Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	test, prove, try out, examine, essay
Broader	evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower	control, verify; float; field-test
Nouns	trial; trier

try > verb 3, social
Meaning	Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Model	They want to try the prisoners
Synonyms	judge, adjudicate
Broader	decide, make up one's mind, determine
Narrower	court-martial
Nouns	trial; trier

try > verb 4, consumption
Meaning	Take a sample of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They try more bread
Examples	"Try these new crackers"
Synonyms	sample, try out, taste
Broader	consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Narrower	degust
Nouns	trial; trier

try > verb 5, social
Meaning	Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	hear
Broader	probe, examine
Narrower	rehear, retry
Nouns	trier

try > verb 6, emotion
Meaning	Give pain or trouble to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	Sam cannot try Sue
Broader	pain, anguish, hurt
Nouns	trial

try > verb 7, emotion
Meaning	Test the limits of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"You are trying my patience!"
Synonyms	strain, stress
Broader	afflict
Narrower	rack

try > verb 8, change
Meaning	Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"try the yak butter"
Synonyms	render
Category	cooking, cookery, preparation
Broader	melt, run, melt down

try > verb 9, body
Meaning	Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They try the cape
Examples	"Try on this sweater to see how it looks"
Synonyms	try on
Broader	wear, put on, get into, don, assume

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