Definitions for tries

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Spelling: [trahyz]

IPA: /traɪz/

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

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in tries (eirst).

Definitions for tries

noun

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

verb

1. 3rd person singular present ind. 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:

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 tries

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

Examples for tries

Gutierrez tries unsuccessfully to insinuate that Jay was cheating on Stephanie, suggesting ulterior motives.

You're right, though,' says he, and with that he tries to put a twister on Diablo's nose.

She tries to deceive Caesar as to her wealth, and is shamed by her treasurer Seleucus.

If he tries to charge you more nor that, because you're a stranger, take his number.

Instead, he gives his very best effort and tries to win the World Series with a single swing of his bat.

Listen to the voice that tries to win you back to innocence and truth!

But Winning Marriage will be essential for the historian who, someday, tries to tell the full story.

A steel trap is real firm when it lays hold and tries to be.

He tries to kiss her again, but, he writes, “she didn't comply.”

Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.