try

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