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Tell - a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) |
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tell - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
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narrate,
recount,
recite |
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inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
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relate give an account of; "The witness related the events"
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crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
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yarn tell or spin a yarn
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rhapsodise,
rhapsodize say (something) with great enthusiasm
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tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" |
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inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
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brush down,
tell off reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
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digress,
divagate,
stray,
wander lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
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bespeak,
betoken,
indicate,
point,
signal be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
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break,
bring out,
disclose,
discover,
divulge,
expose,
give away,
let on,
let out,
reveal,
unwrap weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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spill,
talk reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
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air,
bare,
publicise,
publicize expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen"
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ingeminate,
iterate,
reiterate,
repeat,
restate,
retell run or be performed again; "the function iterates"
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propagandise,
propagandize spread by propaganda
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announce,
annunciate,
foretell,
harbinger,
herald announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
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give,
impart,
leave,
pass on proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
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tell - give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" |
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evidence |
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inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
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discern,
distinguish,
make out,
pick out,
recognise,
recognize,
spot,
tell apart mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
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tell - discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" |
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guess,
infer guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
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