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NOUN
  • Definition - A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
  • Definition - That which is told; a tale or account.
  • Definition - A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
VERB
  • Definition - (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  • Example - All told, there were over a dozen.  Can you tell time on a clock?  He had untold wealth.
  • Definition - To narrate.
  • Example - I want to tell a story;  I want to tell you a story.
  • Definition - To convey by speech; to say.
  • Example - Finally, someone told him the truth.  He seems to like to tell lies.
  • Definition - To instruct or inform.
  • Example - Please tell me how to do it.
  • Definition - To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  • Example - Tell him to go away.
  • Definition - To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  • Example - Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance?  No, there's no way to tell.
  • Definition - To reveal.
  • Example - Time will tell what became of him.
  • Definition - To be revealed.
  • Example - Time will tell what became of him.
  • Definition - To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  • Example - Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
  • Definition - To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  • Example - Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
  • Definition - To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  • Example - I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!
  • Definition - (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
  • Example - Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.
NOUN
  • Definition - A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
  • Example - Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
tells 5
4 Letter Words
ells 4 lest 4 lets 4 sell 4 tell 4 tels 4
3 Letter Words
ell 3 els 3 est 3 les 3 let 3 sel 3 set 3 tel 3 tes 3
2 Letter Words
el 2 es 2 et 2 te 2
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