| try | attempt; test, experiment; examine, determine guilt or innocence, put on trial (Law); subject to strain; separate through heating, refine, purify (Obsolete) | en | (fiil) | en |
| try | attempt; trial, test, experiment; scoring of three points in Rugby by touching the ball down beyond the opponents' goal line (Rugby) | en | (isim) | en |
| try | To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good | en | en |
| try | To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc | en | en |
| try | To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions | en | en |
| try | To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to | en | en |
| try | To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse | en | en |
| try | To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience | en | en |
| try | To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal | en | en |
| try | To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions | en | en |
| try | To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience | en | en |
| try | To essay; to attempt; to endeavor | en | en |
| try | To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn | en | en |
| try | To do; to fare; as, how do you try! A screen, or sieve, for grain | en | en |
| try | Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial | en | en |
| try | Refined; select; excellent; choice | en | en |
| try | In Rugby and Northern Union football, a score (counting three points) made by grounding the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line; so called because it entitles the side making it to a place kick for a goal (counting two points more if successful) | en | en |
| try | melt (fat, lard, etc | en | en |
| try | ) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" | en | en |
| try | test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" | en | en |
| try | give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" | en | en |
| try | 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 | en | en |
| try | ) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" 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 | en | en |
| try | If you try to do something, you want to do it, and you take action which you hope will help you to do it. He secretly tried to block her advancement in the Party Does it annoy you if others do things less well than you would, or don't seem to try hard enough? I tried calling him when I got here but he wasn't at home No matter how bad you feel, keep trying. Try is also a noun. It wasn't that she'd really expected to get any money out of him; it had just seemed worth a try | en | en |
| try | To try and do something means to try to do it. I must try and see him | en | en |
| try | If you try for something, you make an effort to get it or achieve it. My partner and I have been trying for a baby for two years He said he was going to try for first place next year | en | en |
| try | If you try something new or different, you use it, do it, or experience it in order to discover its qualities or effects. It's best not to try a new recipe for the first time on such an important occasion I have tried painting the young shoots with weed poisoner, but this does not kill them off. Try is also a noun. If you're still sceptical about exercising, we can only ask you to trust us and give it a try | en | en |
| try | If you try a particular place or person, you go to that place or person because you think that they may be able to provide you with what you want. Have you tried the local music shops? | en | en |
| try | If you try a door or window, you try to open it. Bob tried the door. To his surprise it opened | en | en |
| try | When a person is tried, he or she has to appear in a law court and is found innocent or guilty after the judge and jury have heard the evidence. When a legal case is tried, it is considered in a court of (Hukuk) He suggested that those responsible should be tried for crimes against humanity Whether he is innocent or guilty is a decision that will be made when the case is tried in court The military court which tried him excluded two of his lawyers | en | en |
| try | In the game of rugby, a try is the action of scoring by putting the ball down behind the goal line of the opposing team. The French, who led 21-3 at half time, scored eight tries. see also tried, trying | en | en |
| try | If you say that something fails but not for want of trying or not for lack of trying, you mean that everything possible was done to make it succeed. Not all is perfect, but it isn't for want of trying | en | en |
| try | to try your best: see best to try your hand: see hand to try your luck: see luck to try someone's patience: see patience | en | en |
| 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" | en | en |
| try | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" | en | en |
| try | put on trial or hear a case and 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" | en | en |
| try | take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" | en | en |
| 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" | en | en |
| try | melt (fat, lard, etc ) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" | en | en |
| try | put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" | en | en |
| try | A JavaTM programming language keyword that defines a block of statements that may throw a Java language exception If an exception is thrown, an optional "catch" block can handle specific exceptions thrown within the "try" block Also, an optional "finally" block will be executed regardless of whether an exception is thrown or not | en | en |
| try | A score, worth 5 points, that's awarded when the ball is touched down by a player on the attacking side after it has been carried or kicked across the try-line The scoring team is also awarded a conversion kick | en | en |
| try | The try keyword indicates a block of code to which subsequent catch and finally clauses apply The try statement itself performs no special action See the entries for catch and finally for more information on the try/catch/finally construct | en | en |
| try | used in the form "Try T" where T is a tactic, try running T and if it fails do nothing instead | en | en |
| try | a keyword starting a try block, which uses methods that throw Exceptions These Exceptions must be caught at the end of the try block | en | en |
| try | A Java(TM) programming language keyword that defines a block of statements that may throw a Java language exception If an exception is thrown, an optional "catch" block can handle specific exceptions thrown within the "try" block Also, an optional "finally" block will be executed regardless of whether an exception is thrown or not | en | en |
| try | C++ keyword used to delimit a try block | en | en |
n,v:tried / tries trying Etymology :Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier, from Old French, to pick out, sift, probably from Late Latin tritare to grind, frequentative of Latin terere to rub; more at THROW. Pronunciation :trI. Function :verb. Date :14th century.
