- try´ing|ly
- try|ing «TRY ihng», adjective.hard to endure or bear; annoying; distressing: »
a trying day, a trying person.
SYNONYM(S): severe, difficult, vexing.–try´ing|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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try|ing — «TRY ihng», adjective. hard to endure or bear; annoying; distressing: »a trying day, a trying person. SYNONYM(S): severe, difficult, vexing. –try´ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
try — vt tried, try·ing [Anglo French trier to choose, sort, ascertain, examine judicially, from Old French, to choose, sort] 1: to examine or investigate judicially no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United… … Law dictionary
try — ac·e·tom·e·try; ac·i·dim·e·try; acou·me·try; ac·ti·no·chem·is·try; al·co·hol·om·e·try; alec·try·o·man·cy; alec·try·on; al·gom·e·try; al·ka·lim·e·try; al·ka·lom·e·try; al·lom·e·try; al·tim·e·try; am·per·om·e·try; an·ces·try; an·e·mom·e·try;… … English syllables
ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… … English syllables
try — [[t]traɪ[/t]] v. tried, try•ing, 1) to attempt to do or accomplish: Try running a mile a day[/ex] 2) to test the effect or result of (often fol. by out): tried a new recipe[/ex] 3) to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new … From formal English to slang
try — [[t]tra͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ tries, trying, tried 1) VERB If you try to do something, you want to do it, and you take action which you hope will help you to do it. [V to inf] He secretly tried to block her advancement in the Party... [V to inf] Try to make… … English dictionary
'-ing' forms — ◊ GRAMMAR ing forms are also called present participles. Most ing forms are formed by adding ing to the base form of a verb, for example asking , eating , and passing . Sometimes there is a change in spelling, as in dying , making , and putting … Useful english dictionary
re|try — «ree TRY», transitive verb, tried, try|ing. to try again … Useful english dictionary
tap´es|try|like´ — tap|es|try «TAP uh stree», noun, plural tries, verb, tried, try|ing. –n. 1. a fabric with pictures or designs woven in it, used to hang on walls or to cover furniture: »Tapestry and velvet hangings decorated walls in Europe during the 1500 s… … Useful english dictionary
tap|es|try — «TAP uh stree», noun, plural tries, verb, tried, try|ing. –n. 1. a fabric with pictures or designs woven in it, used to hang on walls or to cover furniture: »Tapestry and velvet hangings decorated walls in Europe during the 1500 s (Effa Brown). 2 … Useful english dictionary
