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      try
      noun
      An attempt.
      An act of tasting or sampling.
      (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
      (American football) A field goal or extra point
      (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
      (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
      (UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
      verb
      To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
      To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
      (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
      (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
      To extract wax from a honeycomb
      To test, to work out.
      To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
      To put to test.
      (specifically) To test someone's patience.
      (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
      To taste, sample, etc.
      To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
      (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
      (law) To put on trial.
      To experiment, to strive.
      To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
      To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
      To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
      (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
      (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
      To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
      (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
      (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
      (obsolete) To do; to fare.
      adjective
      (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
      Synonyms for try
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