Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
Definition: That which is told; a tale or account.
Definition: A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
verb
Definition: (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
Example: All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth.
Definition: To narrate.
Example: I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story.
Definition: To convey by speech; to say.
Example: Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies.
Definition: To instruct or inform.
Example: Please tell me how to do it.
Definition: To order; to direct, to say to someone.
Example: Tell him to go away.
Definition: To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Example: Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there’s no way to tell.
Definition: To reveal.
Example: Time will tell what became of him.
Definition: To be revealed.
Definition: To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
Example: Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
Definition: To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
Definition: To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
Example: I saw you steal those sweets! I’m going to tell!
Definition: (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show
Example: Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage’s friendship to have less telling and more showing.