Definition of: try

(trī) v. tried, try·ing v.t.
1. To make an attempt to do or accomplish; undertake; endeavor.
2. To make experimental use or application of: often with out: to try a new pen.
3. To subject to a test; put to proof.
4. To put severe strain upon; tax, as the eyes.
5. To subject to trouble or tribulation; afflict.
6. To extract by rendering or melting; refine: often with out: to try out oil.
7. Law a To determine the guilt or innocence of by judicial trial. b To examine or determine judicially, as a case.
—v.i.
8. To make an attempt; put forth effort.
9. To make an examination or test. See synonyms under CHASTEN, ENDEAVOR, EXAMINE, STRUGGLE.
—to try on To put on (a garment) to test it for fit or appearance.
—to try out To attempt to qualify: He tried out for the football team.
—noun plural tries
1. The act of trying; trial; experiment.
2. In Rugby football, the act of touching the ball down behind an opponent's goal, which scores three points. [<OF trier sift, pick out, prob. <LL tritare thresh <L tritus. See TRITE.]
—tri′er noun