Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour, effort, try, attempt
Definition: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
Usage: made an effort to cover all the reading material; wished him luck in his endeavor; she gave it a good try
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Definition: put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
Usage: Try on this sweater to see how it looks
Similar words: don, get into, assume, wear, put on
Definition: put clothing on one's body
Usage: What should I wear today?; He put on his best suit for the wedding; The princess donned a long blue dress; The queen assumed the stately robes; He got into his jeans
Definition: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
Usage: try the yak butter; render fat in a casserole
Similar words: melt, melt down, run
Definition: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
Usage: melt butter; melt down gold; The wax melted in the sun
Synonyms: try, try out, taste, sample
Definition: take a sample of
Usage: Try these new crackers; Sample the regional dishes
Similar words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Definition: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Usage: Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I don't take sugar in my coffee
Definition: test the limits of
Usage: You are trying my patience!
Similar words: afflict
Definition: cause great unhappiness for; distress
Usage: she was afflicted by the death of her parents
Synonyms: try
Definition: give pain or trouble to
Usage: I've been sorely tried by these students
Similar words: pain, anguish, hurt
Definition: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Usage: It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
Definition: examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
Usage: The jury had heard all the evidence; The case will be tried in California
Synonyms: adjudicate, try, judge
Definition: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
Usage: The football star was tried for the murder of his wife; The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
Similar words: make up one's mind, determine, decide
Definition: reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Usage: We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
Synonyms: essay, seek, assay, attempt, try
Definition: make an effort or attempt
Usage: 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
Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
Synonyms: try, try out, test, prove, essay, examine
Definition: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Usage: This approach has been tried with good results; Test this recipe
Similar words: evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Definition: form a critical opinion of
Usage: I cannot judge some works of modern art; How do you evaluate this grant proposal? We shouldn't pass judgment on other people