'Talk' definitions:

Definition of 'talk'

From: WordNet
noun
An exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" [syn: talk, talking]
noun
Discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
noun
The act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
noun
A speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture, talk]
noun
Idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately" [syn: talk, talk of the town]
verb
Exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: talk, speak]
verb
Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise]
verb
Use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: speak, talk]
verb
Reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: spill, talk]
verb
Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
verb
Deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture, talk]

Definition of 'Talk'

From: GCIDE
  • Talk \Talk\, v. t.
  • 1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves mad." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To talk over. (a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan. (b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Talk'

From: GCIDE
  • Talk \Talk\, n.
  • 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more. [1913 Webster]
  • In various talk the instructive hours they passed. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war. [1913 Webster]
  • I hear a talk up and down of raising our money. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See Conversation. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'talk'

From: GCIDE
  • talk \talk\ (t[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. talked (t[add]kt); 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[=u]lka to interpret, t[=u]lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti, tulk[=o]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To confer; to reason; to consult. [1913 Webster]
  • Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done." --Addison.
  • To talk to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

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