From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
talk \talk\ (t[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {talked} (t[add]kt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov.
G. talken to speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret,
MHG. tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly,
Dan. tolke to interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t[=u]lka to
interpret, t[=u]lkr an interpreter, Lith. tulkas an
interpreter, tulkanti, tulk[=o]ti, to interpret, Russ.
tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps fr. OE.
talien to speak (see {tale}, v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as
in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.
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I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.
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2. To confer; to reason; to consult.
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Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.
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3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]
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{To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done." --Addison.
{To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Talking \Talk"ing\, a.
1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot.
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2. Given to talk; loquacious.
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The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made.
--Goldsmith.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
talking
n 1: an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more
work and less talk around here" [syn: {talk}, {talking}]
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