ENGLISH: speak - CREOLE: iwonize



Overview of verb speak



The verb speak has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (88) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")

2. (53) talk, speak -- (exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words")

3. (23) speak, talk -- (use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect")

4. (11) address, speak -- (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees")

5. (3) speak -- (make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke")

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