try | noun (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain. |
| noun (n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial. |
| noun (n.) 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). |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to. |
| verb (v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse. |
| verb (v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) 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. |
| verb (v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience. |
| verb (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor. |
| verb (v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn. |
| verb (v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try! |
| verb (v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice. |
tap | noun (n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. |
| noun (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. |
| noun (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. |
| noun (n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. |
| noun (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. |
| noun (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. |
| noun (n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. |
| noun (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane. |
| verb (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow. |
| verb (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc. |
| verb (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury. |
| verb (v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. |
| verb (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut. |
tip | noun (n.) The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. |
| noun (n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc. |
| noun (n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. |
| noun (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. |
| noun (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry. |
| noun (n.) A light touch or blow; a tap. |
| noun (n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee. |
| noun (n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. |
| verb (v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap. |
| verb (v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. |
| verb (v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. |
| verb (v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side. |
top | noun (n.) A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip. |
| noun (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting. |
| noun (n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground. |
| noun (n.) The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. |
| noun (n.) The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school. |
| noun (n.) The chief person; the most prominent one. |
| noun (n.) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. |
| noun (n.) The head, or upper part, of a plant. |
| noun (n.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft. |
| noun (n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. |
| noun (n.) Eve; verge; point. |
| noun (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. |
| noun (n.) Top-boots. |
| noun (n.) A stroke on the top of the ball. |
| noun (n.) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top. |
| verb (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. |
| verb (v. i.) To predominate; as, topping passions. |
| verb (v. i.) To excel; to rise above others. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle. |
| verb (v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass. |
| verb (v. t.) To rise to the top of; to go over the top of. |
| verb (v. t.) To take off the or upper part of; to crop. |
| verb (v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before. |
| verb (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking. |
| verb (v. t.) To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade). |
| verb (v. t.) To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse. |
| verb (v. t.) To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior. |
| verb (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other. |
| verb (v. t.) To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike a ball above the center. |
| verb (v. i.) To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up. |
tramp | noun (n.) A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp. |
| noun (n.) A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. |
| noun (n.) The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching. |
| noun (n.) A tool for trimming hedges. |
| noun (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade. |
| verb (v. i.) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample. |
| verb (v. i.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. |
| verb (v. i.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. |
| verb (v. i.) To travel; to wander; to stroll. |
trap | noun (n.) An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. |
| noun (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. |
| noun (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. |
| noun (n.) A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at. |
| noun (n.) The game of trapball. |
| noun (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids. |
| noun (n.) A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet. |
| noun (n.) A wagon, or other vehicle. |
| noun (n.) A kind of movable stepladder. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike. |
| verb (v. t.) To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses. |
| verb (v. t.) To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. |
| verb (v. t.) Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. |
| verb (v. t.) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5. |
| verb (v. i.) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. |
trip | noun (n. i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5. |
| noun (n. i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe. |
| noun (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble. |
| noun (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. |
| noun (n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. |
| noun (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
| noun (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake. |
| noun (n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit. |
| noun (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing. |
| noun (n.) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward. |
| noun (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc. |
| noun (n.) A troop of men; a host. |
| noun (n.) A flock of widgeons. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling. |
| verb (v. t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail. |
| verb (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. |
| verb (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free. |
| verb (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it. |
| verb (v. t.) To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent. |
troop | noun (n.) A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. |
| noun (n.) Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural. |
| noun (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery. |
| noun (n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe. |
| noun (n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march. |
| noun (n.) See Boy scout, above. |
| verb (v. i.) To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. |
| verb (v. i.) To march on; to go forward in haste. |
trump | noun (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry. |
| noun (n.) A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits. |
| noun (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff. |
| noun (n.) A good fellow; an excellent person. |
| verb (v. i.) To blow a trumpet. |
| verb (v. i.) To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led. |
| verb (v. t.) To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick. |
| verb (v. t.) To trick, or impose on; to deceive. |
| verb (v. t.) To impose unfairly; to palm off. |