Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: An attempt.
Example: I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
Definition: An act of tasting or sampling.
Example: I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
Definition: A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
Example: Today I scored my first try.
Definition: A screen, or sieve, for grain.
Definition: A field goal or extra point
verb
Definition: To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
Example: I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
Definition: To divide; to separate.
Definition: To test, to work out.
Definition: To experiment, to strive.
Definition: To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
Definition: To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
Example: Repeated failures try one’s patience.
Definition: (used with another verb) To want
Example: I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.