speak
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(verb) use language: "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" |
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Synonyms: talk |
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Related Words: communicate, intercommunicate, run on, slang, smatter |
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(verb) make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke" |
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Related Words: sound |
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(verb) express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense" |
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Synonyms: mouth, talk, utter, verbalize |
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Related Words: babble, bark, bay, begin, blabber, blubber, blubber out, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, cackle, chant, chatter, clack, communicate, deliver, drone, drone on, ejaculate, enthuse, falter, gabble, generalise, generalize, gibber, gulp, hiss, inflect, intercommunicate, intone, jabber, jaw, lip off, maffle, maunder, modulate, mouth off, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, open up, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, present, rabbit on, rant, rasp, rattle on, rave, read, shoot one's mouth off, shout, sibilate, sing, siss, sizz, slur, snap, snarl, snivel, speak in tongues, speak of, speak up, spout, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk about, talk of, tattle, tittle-tattle, troll, twaddle, whine, whisper, yack, yack away, yap away |
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(verb) exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; also used metaphorically: "Actions talk louder than words" |
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Synonyms: talk |
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Related Words: carry on, chat up, cheek, communicate, continue, converse, coquet, coquette, dally, discourse, dogmatize, flirt, go on, gossip, intercommunicate, level, mash, monologuize, orate, philander, pontificate, proceed, rap, romance, soliloquize, spiel, talk down, talk turkey |
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(verb) give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" |
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Synonyms: address |
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Related Words: blaze away, harangue, keynote |
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