try — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

   TraduzioneTentare, sforzarsi; seguito dall'infinito.

   Esempi

   I will try to help.

   I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.

   Can you start the car? —I'll try (to).

   Altri esempi (3)

   Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

   Skywalker: Alright... I'll give it a try. Yoda: NO! Try not! Do, or do not. There is no "try".

   [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.

2. To divide; to separate. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   […]euery feend his buſie paines applyde, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tryde.

3. To divide; to separate. To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   to try out the wild corn from the good

   the wylde corne, beinge in shap and greatnesse lyke to the good, if they be mengled, with great difficultie will be tried out

4. To divide; to separate. To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil

   Uso

   • obsoleto

5. To divide; to separate. To extract wax from a honeycomb

   Uso

   • obsoleto

6. To test, to work out. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.

   Esempi

   I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.

7. To test, to work out. To put to test.

   Esempi

   I shall try my skills on this.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.

   “So mousie shall only find tins on the floor now,” thought Miss Mapp. “Mousie shall try his teeth on tins.”

   Altri esempi (1)

   Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

8. To test, to work out. To test someone's patience.

   Uso

   • specifically

   Esempi

   You are trying my patience.

   Don't try me.

9. To test, to work out. To fight or to make an attempt at an attack.

   Uso

   • gergo
   • used before a noun

   Esempi

   You wouldn't dare and try me!

   You fixin' to try something, fool?

10. To test, to work out. To receive an imminent attack; to take.

    Uso

    • figurato
    • used in the imperative

    Esempi

    Mona: Try this vampire bolt on for size! Cedric: Why don't you try this alien bolt?

11. To test, to work out. To taste, sample, etc.

    TraduzioneProvare, verificare. Assaggiare, campionare, ecc.

    Esempi

    Try this soup.

    Oh, you need to try the soup of the day!

    Calvin: What's this disgusting slimy blob? Dad: Try it. You'll love it.

12. To test, to work out. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

    Esempi

    to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions

    Let the end try the man.

13. To test, to work out. To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).

    Uso

    • with indirect interrogative clause

    Esempi

    I'll try whether I can make it across town on foot.

    Sir, the doctors and apothecaries are the greatest thieves in the world; they are always trying which can rob their patients the most.

14. To test, to work out. To put on trial.

    TraduzioneProvare, verificare. Sottoporre a processo.

    Sinonimi

    doomjudge

    Esempi

    The court will try the case next month.

    He was tried and executed.

    The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

    Altri esempi (2)

    I sit in front of the mirror and try myself. I am no impartial judge, otherwise I would have had myself executed several times over by now.

    Sansa pretends to gather everyone in the great hall to try Arya, and at the last moment reveals she’s actually trying Littlefinger for murder and treason, although I think everyone in that room already knew what was going on except him.

15. To experiment, to strive. To have or gain knowledge of by experience.

    Esempi

    […]try the Lybian Heat, or Scythian Cold.

    Never more Mean I to trie what rash untri'd I sought, The paine of absence from thy sight.

16. To experiment, to strive. To work on something with one's best effort and focus.

    Esempi

    Dad, for God's sake, I'm trying my best!

    You are trying too hard.

17. To experiment, to strive. To do; to fare.

    Uso

    • obsoleto

    Esempi

    How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)

18. To experiment, to strive. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

    Esempi

    to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions

    […]Left I the Court, to ſee this Quarrell try’de.

19. To experiment, to strive. To attempt to conceive a child.

    Uso

    • euphemistic
    • of a couple

20. To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

21. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

    Esempi

    The light tries his eyes.

    Repeated failures try one's patience.

22. To want, to desire.

    Uso

    • gergo
    • used with another verb

    Esempi

    I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.

Sostantivo

1. An attempt.

   TraduzioneTentativo.

   Esempi

   Give it another try.

   I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.

   Altri esempi (1)

   There was the day also when his favourite right uppercut had connected in most accurate and rhythmical fashion with the protruded chin of Bull Wardell of Whitechapel, whereby Silas put himself in the way of a Lonsdale Belt and a try for the championship.

   When Papillon makes his last impossible try for freedom they embrace with the tendresse of lovers, however manly and platonic.

2. An act of tasting or sampling.

   Esempi

   I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.

3. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

   Esempi

   Today I scored my first try.

   Altri esempi (1)

   But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through.

4. A screen, or sieve, for grain.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • dialectal
   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow.

5. A field goal or extra point

6. A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.

7. A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.

Aggettivo

1. Fine, excellent.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   But he her ſuppliant hands, thoſe hands of gold, / And eke her feete, thoſe feete of ſiluer trye, […] Chopt off […].

Sostantivo

1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

   Sinonimi

   attempteffortendeavorendeavour

   Termini più generali

   activity

   Esempi

   made an effort to cover all the reading material

   wished him luck in his endeavor

   Altri esempi (1)

   she gave it a good try

Verbo

1. make an effort or attempt

   Sinonimi

   seekattemptessayassay

   Termini più generali

   actmove

   Esempi

   He tried to shake off his fears

   The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps

   Altri esempi (3)

   The police attempted to stop the thief

   He sought to improve himself

   She always seeks to do good in the world

2. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

   Sinonimi

   testprovetry outexamineessay

   Termini più generali

   evaluatepass judgmentjudge

   Esempi

   This approach has been tried with good results

   Test this recipe

3. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

   Sinonimi

   judgeadjudicate

   Termini più generali

   decidemake up one's minddetermine

   Esempi

   The football star was tried for the murder of his wife

   The judge tried both father and son in separate trials

4. take a sample of

   Sinonimi

   sampletry outtaste

   Termini più generali

   consumeingesttake intakehave

   Esempi

   Try these new crackers

   Sample the regional dishes

5. examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process

   Sinonimi

   hear

   Termini più generali

   probeexamine

   Esempi

   The jury had heard all the evidence

   The case will be tried in California

6. give pain or trouble to

   Termini più generali

   painanguishhurt

   Esempi

   I've been sorely tried by these students

7. test the limits of

   Sinonimi

   strainstress

   Termini più generali

   afflict

   Esempi

   You are trying my patience!

8. melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities

   Sinonimi

   render

   Termini più generali

   meltrunmelt down

   Esempi

   try the yak butter

   render fat in a casserole

9. put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice

   Sinonimi

   try on

   Termini più generali

   wearput onget intodonassume

   Esempi

   Try on this sweater to see how it looks