tell

1. v. t. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. Source: opted

2. v. t. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge. Source: opted

4. v. t. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform. Source: opted

5. v. t. To order; to request; to command. Source: opted

6. v. t. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins. Source: opted

7. v. t. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate. Source: opted

8. v. i. To give an account; to make report. Source: opted

9. v. i. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells. Source: opted

10. n. That which is told; tale; account. Source: opted

11. n. A hill or mound. Source: opted

12. v. express in words Source: wordnet

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