Definitions for tried

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tried tried

Spelling: [trahyd]

IPA: /traɪd/

Tried is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in tried (deirt).

Definitions for tried

noun

1. an attempt or effort:
2. Rugby. a score of three points earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponents' goal line.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of try.

Idioms

1. give it the old college try, Informal. to make a sincere effort:
2. try it / that on, Chiefly British Informal. to put on airs: to be forward or presumptuous, especially with a member of the opposite sex:

adjective

1. tested and proved good, dependable, or trustworthy.
2. subjected to hardship, worry, trouble, or the like.

Verb phrases

1. try on, to put on an article of clothing in order to judge its appearance and fit:
2. try out, to use experimentally; test:
3. try out for, to compete for (a position, membership, etc.):

verb (used with object)

1. to attempt to do or accomplish:
2. to test the effect or result of (often followed by out):
3. to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience:
4. to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of:
5. Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person).
6. to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax:
7. to attempt to open (a door, window, etc.) in order to find out whether it is locked:
8. to melt down (fat, blubber, etc.) to obtain the oil; render (usually followed by out).
9. Archaic. to determine the truth or right of (a quarrel or question) by test or battle (sometimes followed by out). to find to be right by test or experience.

verb (used without object)

1. to make an attempt or effort; strive:
2. Nautical. to lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

Origin of tried

1250-1300; Middle English trien to try (a legal case) Anglo-French trier, Old French: to sift, cull, of uncertain origin

Examples for tried

Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?

He tried to recall some forgotten detail of the business that might serve to occupy him.

If this be the test, I am willing to be tried with Hipparete at the court of the Muses.

As a last rally, he tried to picture the difficulties he might encounter.

In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.

They tried to continue their getaway but had to quickly abandon their vehicle on the Rue de Meaux in the 19th.

As he tried to make his way through a crowd of mourners late last month, he looked preoccupied and even disoriented.

I have more than once tried to deceive you, but you will feel that I am not now speaking falsely.

Garmer tried to steer me off this line of stocks the other night.

She claims the FBI tried to enlist her as a cooperating source in their investigation.