Try

Verb

 * 1) To attempt. Followed by infinitive.
 * I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
 * I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first.
 * 1)  To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
 * 2) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
 * euery feend his busie paines applide, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tride.
 * 1) To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
 * I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
 * 1) To work on something.
 * You are trying too hard.
 * 1) To put to test.
 * I shall try my skills on this
 * 1) To taste, sample, etc.
 * Try this—you’ll love it.
 * 1) To put on trial.
 * He was tried and executed.
 * 1) *1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * 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.
 * 1) To tire.
 * You are trying my patience.
 * 1)  To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

Synonyms

 * attempt
 * sample, taste

Derived terms

 * try-hard
 * try-miter square
 * try-off
 * try on
 * try-on
 * try out


 * try-out
 * try-outs
 * try square/try-square
 * try your luck
 * trying
 * try one's hand

Related terms

 * trial
 * tried and tested


 * tried and true
 * trier

Noun

 * 1) An attempt.
 * I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
 * 1) An act of tasting or sampling.
 * I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
 * 1)  A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
 * Today I scored my first try.

Synonyms

 * bash, go, stab, whirl
 * sampling, taste, tasting
 * touchdown (American football)

Derived terms

 * give a try
 * old college try


 * penalty try
 * worth a try

Adverbs for Try
exceedingly; sorely; insistently; surreptitiously; deliberately; variously; perfunctorily; conscientiously; piteously; energetically; manfully; sorely; convulsively; obstinately; blunderingly;  elaborately;   abominably; faithfully; vainly; nervously; falteringly; guiltily; strenuously.

Thesaurus
acid test, agonize, aim, annoy, appraise, approach, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attempt, bear hard upon, bid, bid for, blank determination, bolt, bother, bring to test, brouillon, burden, chance, charge the jury, check, clarify, clear, conduct a trial, confirm, contend for, crack, criterion, crucial test, crucible, crucify, cut and try, dab, decrassify, demonstrate, depurate, determination, distill, distress, docimasy, edulcorate, effort, elute, endeavor, engage, essay, essentialize, examine, excruciate, experiment, extract, feeling out, filter, filtrate, first draft, fling, gambit, give a try, give a tryout, go, go hard with, go ill with, harass, harrow, hassle, have a go, hear, hold court, hold the scales, hope, inspect, irk, jab, judge, kiteflying, leach, lick, lie on, lift a finger, lixiviate, load, make an attempt, make an effort, martyr, move, offer, officiate, oppress, ordeal, overburden, overload, pain, percolate, play around with, pop, practice upon, probation, proof, prove, pull for, purify, put to trial, rack, rectify, referee, refine, research, road-test, rough draft, rough sketch, run a sample, sample, screen, scrutinize, seek, separate, shake down, shot, sieve, sift, sit in judgment, slap, sounding out, spiritualize, stab, stagger, standard, step, strain, strain for, stress, strike, strive, strive for, striving, stroke, strong bid, struggle, struggle for, sublimate, sublime, substantiate, taste, tentative, test, test case, torment, torture, touchstone, trial, trial and error, trouble, try a case, try for, try it on, try one, try out, umpire, undertake, undertaking, validate, venture, venture on, venture upon, verification, verify, vex, weigh, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, whack, whirl, winnow, wring

Etymology
From trien:, from  trier:,  trier:, of uncertain origin. Believed to be a metathetic variation of tirer:, of  origin, from  *undefined:, from, from , see. Related to triar:.

Replaced native cunnen: (from  cunnian:),  fandien: (from  fandian:), and  costnien: (from  costnian:).

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: حاول
 * Armenian: փորձել
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: постаравам се, пробвам, опитвам
 * Catalan: intentar, tractar de
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: proberen, trachten
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: სინჯვა, ცდა
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hebrew:


 * Ido:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, 努める,  ,  やってみる
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: conor
 * Norwegian:, forsøke
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: încerca, proba
 * Russian: (pytát’sja), попытаться (popytát’sja) ; пробовать (próbovat') , попробовать (popróbovat') ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , prova
 * Thai: (pá-yaa-yaam)
 * Ukrainian: пробувати, старатися,  намагатися
 * Vietnamese: cố gắng
 * Volapük: steifülön
 * Welsh:
 * Welsh:


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian: փորձել
 * Catalan: intentar, provar, tractar de
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: proberen, uitproberen
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:, yrittää
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 試みる
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: experior
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: proba
 * Russian: пробовать (próbovat'), попробовать (popróbovat')
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Spanish:, intentar
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: (long)


 * Armenian:, փորձել
 * Catalan: esforçar-se
 * Czech: snažit se
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: proberen


 * Esperanto:, prilabori
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Portuguese: esforçar-se
 * Russian: стараться (starát's'a), постараться (postarát's'a)


 * Armenian: փորձարկել, փորձել
 * Catalan: provar
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: uitproberen, toetsen
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, koettaa


 * French:
 * Japanese: 試みる
 * Kurdish:
 * Russian: пробовать (próbovat'), попробовать (popróbovat') ; испытывать (ispýtyvat') , испытать (ispytát')
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian: փորձել
 * Catalan: provar, tastar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  嘗味,  尝味
 * Croatian: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: пробовать (próbovat'), попробовать (popróbovat')
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: jutjar
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: berechten
 * Esperanto:, procesi
 * Finnish:
 * French: traduire en justice
 * Japanese: 裁判に掛ける


 * Norwegian: stille for retten
 * Russian: судить (sudít')
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (long)
 * Welsh:


 * Esperanto: lacigi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,


 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: trethu


 * : próbálni, megpróbálni, kipróbálni
 * : probar
 * :, (to do di fare),  (to do di fare) (1);  (2)
 * : 해보다 (haeboda)
 * : 해보다 (haeboda)


 * : cuba
 * : (prayatna)
 * : (1,2,3,5), tiltale (4)
 * : ప్రయత్నించు (prayatniMchu)
 * : (cố) gắng, thử Usage: verb (xem, nếm, đi) + thử, (xét) xử
 * : (cố) gắng, thử Usage: verb (xem, nếm, đi) + thử, (xét) xử

Noun

 * Armenian: փորձ
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 試み


 * Kurdish:
 * Polish: próba
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: попытка (popýtka)
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn
 * Swedish:


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Japanese: 試み
 * Kurdish:


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: トライ
 * Portuguese: try, ensaio
 * Welsh:


 * : essai (1,3); dégustation  (2)
 * : încercare
 * : (sự) cố, (sự) thử

Anagrams

 * Tyr