ALL meanings of trying
try·ing
T t - adjective trying extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit: a trying day; a trying experience. 1
- verb with object trying to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple. 1
- verb with object trying to test the effect or result of (often followed by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out. 1
- verb with object trying to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book. 1
- verb with object trying to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it? 1
- verb with object trying Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of (a person). 1
- verb with object trying to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax: to try one's patience. 1
- verb with object trying to attempt to open (a door, window, etc.) in order to find out whether it is locked: Try all the doors before leaving. 1
- verb with object trying to melt down (fat, blubber, etc.) to obtain the oil; render (usually followed by out). 1
- verb with object trying Archaic. to determine the truth or right of (a quarrel or question) by test or battle (sometimes followed by out). to find to be right by test or experience. 1
- verb without object trying to make an attempt or effort; strive: Try to complete the examination. 1
- verb without object trying Nautical. to lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind. 1
- noun plural trying an attempt or effort: to have a try at something. 1
- noun plural trying Rugby. a score of three points earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponents' goal line. 1
- idioms trying give it the old college try, Informal. to make a sincere effort: I gave it the old college try and finally found an apartment. 1
- idioms trying try it / that on, Chiefly British Informal. to put on airs: She's been trying it on ever since the inheritance came through. to be forward or presumptuous, especially with a member of the opposite sex: She avoided him after he'd tried it on with her. 1
- adjective trying If you describe something or someone as trying, you mean that they are difficult to deal with and make you feel impatient or annoyed. 0
- adjective trying upsetting, difficult, or annoying 0
- adjective trying that tries one's patience; annoying; exasperating; irksome 0