tries
/tɹaɪz/
Dictionary
noun
- An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
Synonyms:prefix tree
noun
- An attempt.
"I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it."
- An act of tasting or sampling.
"I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it."
- A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
"Today I scored my first try."
- A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- A field goal or extra point
verb
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
"I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t."
- To divide; to separate.
- To test, to work out.
- To experiment, to strive.
- To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
"Repeated failures try one's patience."
- (used with another verb) To want
"I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that."
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