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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Talk \Talk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t[?]lka to interpret, t[?]lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti, tulk[d3]ti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see {Tale}, v. i. & n.).] 1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you. --Shak. 2. To confer; to reason; to consult. Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii. 1. 3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.] {To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. [bd]The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done.[b8] --Addison. {To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Talking \Talk"ing\, a. 1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot. 2. Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. --Goldsmith. | |
