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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Talk \Talk\, n. 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more. [1913 Webster] In various talk the instructive hours they passed. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war. [1913 Webster] I hear a talk up and down of raising our money. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town. [1913 Webster] Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See {Conversation}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Talk \Talk\, v. t. 1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French. [1913 Webster] 2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics. [1913 Webster] 3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening. [1913 Webster] 4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves mad." --Shak. [1913 Webster] {To talk over}. (a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan. (b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To confer; to reason; to consult. [1913 Webster] Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii. 1. [1913 Webster] 3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {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.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: talk n 1: an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" [syn: {talk}, {talking}] 2: discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger" 3: the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history" 4: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" [syn: {lecture}, {public lecture}, {talk}] 5: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately" [syn: {talk}, {talk of the town}] v 1: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: {talk}, {speak}] 2: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: {talk}, {speak}, {utter}, {mouth}, {verbalize}, {verbalise}] 3: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: {speak}, {talk}] 4: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: {spill}, {talk}] 5: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {spill the beans}, {let the cat out of the bag}, {talk}, {tattle}, {blab}, {peach}, {babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep one's mouth shut}, {keep quiet}, {shut one's mouth}] 6: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: {lecture}, {talk}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Talk /tɔːk/ talc From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: talk /tɑlk/ suet; tallow