speak  /spik/

verb

1. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

synset: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

2. exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

synset: talk, speak

3. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

synset: speak, talk

4. give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

synset: address, speak

5. make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"

synset: speak

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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