To make an effort to do or accomplish (something); attempt: tried to ski.
To taste, sample, or otherwise test in order to determine strength, effect, worth, or desirability: Try this casserole. Try the door.
Law
To examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.
To put (an accused person) on trial.
To subject to great strain or hardship; tax: The last steep ascent tried my every muscle.
To melt (lard, for example) to separate out impurities; render.
To smooth, fit, or align accurately.
v.
intr. To make an effort; strive. n.
pl.tries (trīz)
An attempt; an effort.
Sports In Rugby, an act of advancing the ball past the opponent's goal line and grounding it there for a score of three points.
To don (a garment) to test its fit.
To test or use experimentally.
To undergo a competitive qualifying test, as for a job or athletic team.
To test or use experimentally.
Phrasal Verb(s): try on
To don (a garment) to test its fit.
To test or use experimentally.
try out
To undergo a competitive qualifying test, as for a job or athletic team.
To test or use experimentally.
Idiom(s):
try (one's) handTo attempt to do something for the first time: I tried my hand at skiing.
[Middle English trien, from Old French trier, to pick out, from Vulgar Latin *triāre.]
Usage Note: The phrase try and is commonly used as a substitute for try to, as in Could you try and make less noise? A number of grammarians have labeled the construction incorrect. To be sure, the usage is associated with informal style and strikes an inappropriately conversational note in formal writing. Sixty-five percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use in writing of the sentence Why don't you try and see if you can work the problem out between yourselves?
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