| 1. | the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks. |
| 2. | speakings, literary works composed for recitation, as ancient bardic poetry; oral literature. |
| 3. | that speaks. |
| 4. | used in, suited to, or involving speaking or talking: the speaking voice. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to declamation. |
| 6. | giving information as if by speech: a speaking proof of a thing. |
| 7. | highly expressive: speaking eyes. |
| 8. | lifelike: a speaking likeness. |
| 9. | not on speaking terms, not or no longer in a relationship of open, willing, or ready communication, as because of resentment or estrangement: They had a squabble during the holidays, and now they're not on speaking terms. |
| 10. | on speaking terms,
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