try
Partizip Perfekt: tried ,
Partizip Präsens: try ·ing.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
try (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to examine or investigate judicially - try a case
b) (1) to conduct the trial of
(2) to participate as counsel in the judicial examination of
2.
a) to put to test or trial - try one's luck often used with out try out a new method
b) to subject to something (as undue strain or excessive hardship or provocation) that tests the powers of endurance
c) - demonstrate prove
3.
a) obsolete - purify refine
b) to melt down and procure in a pure state - render try out whale oil from blubber
4.
to fit or finish with accuracy
5.
intransitive verb
to make an attempt at - often used with an infinitive try to fix the car to make an attempt - you can do it if you try afflict, attempt
1.
an experimental trial - attempt succeeded on the first try
2.
a play in rugby that is similar to a touchdown in football, scores usually five points, and entitles the scoring side to attempt a placekick at the goal for additional points , also the score made on a try
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
try (noun)an effort to do or accomplish something
SYNONYMS:
assay, bash, bid, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, offer, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack, whirlRELATED WORDS:
striving, struggle, throes, undertaking; trial and error1.
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
SYNONYMS:
strain, stretch, tax, testRELATED WORDS:
demand, exact, importune, press, pressure, push; aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, exasperate, gall, get (to), gnaw (at), grate, harass, harry, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, pain, peeve, pester, rile, spite, vex2.
to make an effort to do
SYNONYMS:
assay, endeavor, essay, seek, strive, tryRELATED WORDS:
fight, strain, struggle, toil, trouble, work; aim, aspire, hope; assume, take up, undertakeNEAR ANTONYMS:
drop, give up, quitto put (something) to a test
SYNONYMS:
sample, testRELATED WORDS:
check (out), examine, experiment (with), explore, feel (out), investigate, research, study; resample, retest