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try

/tɹaɪ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An attempt.
  2. An act of tasting or sampling.
  3. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
  4. A screen, or sieve, for grain.
  5. A field goal or extra point
  6. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
  7. To divide; to separate.
  8. To test, to work out.
  9. To experiment, to strive.
  10. To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
  11. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
  12. Fine, excellent.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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