tried

Meaning

1. Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
2. Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.

well-tried

happened to

put to the test

above guiles

striven after

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹaɪd/

From Middle English tried, tryed, equivalent to try + -ed.

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try

1. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
2. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
3. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
4. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
5. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
6. To test, to work out.
7. To test, to work out.
8. To test, to work out.
9. To test, to work out.
10. To test, to work out.
11. To test, to work out.
12. To test, to work out.
13. To test, to work out.
14. To experiment, to strive.
15. To experiment, to strive.
16. (obsolete) To experiment, to strive.
17. To experiment, to strive.
18. To experiment, to strive.
19. To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
20. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
21. (slang) To want, to desire.

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