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trying
(mass) | trying
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trying
(encz) | trying,namáhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trying
(encz) | trying,úmorný adj: Pino |
trying
(encz) | trying,únavný adj: Pino |
trying
(encz) | trying,zkoušení jak168 |
trying
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Trying
(gcide) | Try \Try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trying.] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull,
to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to
thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L.
terere, tritum, to rub, bruise, grind, thresh. See Trite.]
1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to
winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by
out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Elyot.
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2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure
in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. --Shak.
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The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
--Ps. xii. 6.
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For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us,
as silver is tried. --Ps. lxvi.
10.
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3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the
purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove;
to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to
try a man's opinions.
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Let the end try the man. --Shak.
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4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause
suffering or trouble to.
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Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. --Milton.
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These are the times that try men's souls. --Thomas
Paine (1776)
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5. To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy
for disease; to try a horse.
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Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me.
--Shak.
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To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries.
--Swift.
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6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light
tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's
patience.
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7. (Law) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by
witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of
law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
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8. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to
decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a
duel; to try conclusions.
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Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried. --Shak.
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9. To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
--Milton.
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Or try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold. --Dryden.
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10. To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
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Let us try . . . to found a path. --Milton.
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To try on.
(a) To put on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits
the person.
(b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] --Dickens.
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Syn: To attempt; endeavor; strive; aim; examine.
Usage: Try, Attempt. To try is the generic, to attempt is
the specific, term. When we try, we are usually
uncertain as to success; when we attempt, we have
always some definite object in view which we seek to
accomplish. We may be indifferent as to the result of
a trial, but we rarely attempt anything without a
desire to succeed.
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He first deceased: she for a little tried
To live without him; liked it not, and died.
--Sir H.
Wotton.
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Alack, I am afraid they have a waked,
And 't is not done. The attempt, and not the
deed,
Confounds us. --Shak.
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Trying
(gcide) | Trying \Try"ing\, a.
Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive;
as, a trying occasion or position.
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trying
(wn) | trying
adj 1: hard to endure; "fell upon trying times"
2: extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise";
"the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the
office" [syn: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful,
trying] |
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trying on
(encz) | trying on, n: |
tryingly
(encz) | tryingly, |
rolling on the floor trying to put out flames
(czen) | Rolling On the Floor Trying To Put Out Flames,ROFTTPOF[zkr.] |
nerve-racking nerve-wracking stressful trying
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Tapestrying
(gcide) | Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapestried; p. pr.
& vb. n. Tapestrying.]
To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
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The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of
rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. --Macaulay.
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Trying
(gcide) | Try \Try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trying.] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull,
to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to
thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L.
terere, tritum, to rub, bruise, grind, thresh. See Trite.]
1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to
winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by
out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Elyot.
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2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure
in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. --Shak.
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The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
--Ps. xii. 6.
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For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us,
as silver is tried. --Ps. lxvi.
10.
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3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the
purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove;
to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to
try a man's opinions.
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Let the end try the man. --Shak.
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4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause
suffering or trouble to.
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Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. --Milton.
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These are the times that try men's souls. --Thomas
Paine (1776)
[PJC]
5. To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy
for disease; to try a horse.
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Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me.
--Shak.
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To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries.
--Swift.
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6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light
tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's
patience.
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7. (Law) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by
witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of
law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
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8. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to
decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a
duel; to try conclusions.
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Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried. --Shak.
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9. To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
--Milton.
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Or try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold. --Dryden.
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10. To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
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Let us try . . . to found a path. --Milton.
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To try on.
(a) To put on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits
the person.
(b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] --Dickens.
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Syn: To attempt; endeavor; strive; aim; examine.
Usage: Try, Attempt. To try is the generic, to attempt is
the specific, term. When we try, we are usually
uncertain as to success; when we attempt, we have
always some definite object in view which we seek to
accomplish. We may be indifferent as to the result of
a trial, but we rarely attempt anything without a
desire to succeed.
[1913 Webster]
He first deceased: she for a little tried
To live without him; liked it not, and died.
--Sir H.
Wotton.
[1913 Webster]
Alack, I am afraid they have a waked,
And 't is not done. The attempt, and not the
deed,
Confounds us. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Trying \Try"ing\, a.
Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive;
as, a trying occasion or position.
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trying on
(wn) | trying on
n 1: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting,
try-on, trying on] |
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