'Speaking' definitions:
Definition of 'speaking'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human beings --the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play" [ant: nonspeaking, walk-on]
noun
The utterance of intelligible speech [syn: speaking, speech production]
noun
Delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" [syn: public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation]
Definition of 'Speaking'
From: GCIDE
- Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p. Spoken(Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[=u]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.]
- 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. [1913 Webster]
- Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. [1913 Webster]
- That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. [1913 Webster]
- Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. [1913 Webster]
- Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To give sound; to sound. [1913 Webster]
- Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. [1913 Webster]
- Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
- To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly.
- To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to.
- To speak with, to converse with. "Would you speak with me?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Speaking'
From: GCIDE
- Speaking \Speak"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of uttering words. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Public declamation; oratory. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Speaking'
From: GCIDE
- Speaking \Speak"ing\, a.
- 1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. [1913 Webster]
- A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.
- Speaking trumpet, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance.
- Speaking tube, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.
- To be on speaking terms, to be slightly acquainted. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'speaking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accents,
- answer,
- articulate,
- breathing,
- chatter,
- comment,
- commerce,
- communication,
- communion,
- congress,
- connection,
- contact,
- conversation,
- converse,
- correspondence,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- debating,
- declamation,
- demagogism,
- discourse,
- elocution,
- eloquence,
- eloquent,
- ESP,
- exchange,
- faithful,
- forensics,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- gab,
- homiletics,
- information,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercommunion,
- intercourse,
- interplay,
- language,
- lecturing,
- lifelike,
- linguistic act,
- linguistic intercourse,
- living,
- locution,
- loud-speaking,
- loud-spoken,
- message,
- natural,
- oral communication,
- oratory,
- outspoken,
- palaver,
- parol,
- parole,
- phonation,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- platform oratory,
- prattle,
- public speaking,
- pyrotechnics,
- rabble-rousing,
- rapping,
- realistic,
- reply,
- response,
- rhetoric,
- sequence of phonemes,
- social intercourse,
- soft-speaking,
- soft-spoken,
- speech,
- speech act,
- speech circuit,
- speech situation,
- speechcraft,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- speechmaking,
- string,
- stump speaking,
- talk,
- talkative,
- talking,
- telepathy,
- the spoken word,
- to the life,
- tongue,
- touch,
- traffic,
- truck,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true-speaking,
- two-way communication,
- utterance,
- utterance string,
- verbalization,
- vocable,
- voice,
- well-spoken,
- word,
- word of mouth,
- wordcraft,
- words,
- yakkety-yak,
- yakking
Words containing 'Speaking'
- Speak,
- To speak of,
- To speak out,
- To speak with,
- so to speak,
- speak for,
- speak for itself,
- speak out,
- speak to,
- speak up,
- speak up for,
- speaking of,
- A speaking acquaintance,
- Evil speaking,
- Plain speaking,
- Speaking trumpet,
- Speaking tube,
- To be on speaking terms,
- To speak a ship,
- To speak by the book,
- To speak by the card,
- To speak daggers,
- To speak fair,
- To speak for Buncombe,
- To speak well for,
- broadly speaking,
- manner of speaking,
- properly speaking,
- public speaking,
- speak in tongues,
- speak of the devil,
- strictly speaking,
- English-speaking,
- French-speaking,
- German-speaking,
- Home-speaking,
- bantu-speaking,
- flemish-speaking,
- gaelic-speaking,
- icelandic-speaking,
- italian-speaking,
- japanese-speaking,
- kannada-speaking,
- livonian-speaking,
- oscan-speaking,
- russian-speaking,
- samoyedic-speaking,
- semitic-speaking,
- siouan-speaking,
- spanish-speaking,
- turkic-speaking,
- finno-ugric-speaking