Main entry: talk
Definition: the act of giving a talk to an audience
Usage: I attended an interesting talk on local history
Definition: an exchange of ideas via conversation
Usage: let's have more work and less talk around here
Main entry: talk
Definition: discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
Usage: his poetry contains much talk about love and anger
Main entry: talk, talk of the town
Definition: idle gossip or rumor
Usage: there has been talk about you lately
Main entry: lecture, talk, public lecture
Definition: a speech that is open to the public
Usage: he attended a lecture on telecommunications
Definition: deliver a lecture or talk
Usage: She will talk at Rutgers next week; Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
Main entry: let the cat out of the bag, peach, talk, tattle, blab, blab out, babble, babble out, spill the beans, sing
Definition: divulge confidential information or secrets
Usage: Be careful--his secretary talks
Main entry: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize
Definition: reveal information
Usage: If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!; The former employee spilled all the details
Definition: exchange thoughts; talk with
Usage: We often talk business; Actions talk louder than words
Definition: use language
Usage: the baby talks already; the prisoner won't speak; they speak a strange dialect